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Jane Donahue would never review her notes while standing in her two-inch professional heels, waiting at the front desk for this Xue Yang to show up. She has her day badge to get around the building, just like every time, but she appreciates that they check first, just like every time. Her files contain PII(1) and PHI(2), and she is a professional. Still, she goes over it in her head. He already submitted his E-QIP(3), but she has to sit down in person with him to verify all of his answers. And some of these answers were...special. Some people just don't take it seriously, and this gives her a chance to quietly correct them before they can cause more trouble down the line. She dislikes cases at the Boyles-Landish Analysis of Neurotypes and Deviations Corporation(4), because she has to pass every single applicant, but still has to go through the ritual. It isn't the worst part of her job, but it isn't a pleasant one either. Still, she takes the meetings, makes her notes, and does her best to at least flag the most important issues for the clearance officer down the line responsible for helping these people stay cleared.
1: Personally Identifiable Information
2: Protected Health Information
3: Online form for filling out the SF-86(5)
4: For more on the BLAND Corporation, see Kubrick 1964.
5: Form for getting a security clearance through OPM(6)
6: Office of Personnel and Management, responsible for about 90% of security clearances, including DoD(7), but critically not including DoE(8)
7: Department of Defense (has not done defense since it got the name)
8: Department of Energy (mostly does nukes)
