Administrative Assistant Security Clearance

ANGELA R. HUDKINS

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Profile

With a background spanning across various investigative, leadership, and review specialist roles within various federal contracts as well as a Master of Public Affairs, my expertise with interviews, research, and team development while safeguarding highly sensitive, confidential information is second to none. I have a proven track record of successfully completing all aspects of federal security clearance background investigations while coaching, mentoring, and training employees, collaborating with stakeholders, meeting timeliness and quality standards, and maintaining top secret clearance in a dynamic work environment.

Key Skills:

*Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication

*Document and case/project management

*Organizational skills and time management

*Critical-thinking, problem-solving and decision-making

*Detail-oriented

*Interviewing skills with a natural ability to elicit trust/cooperation

Professional Experience

*Review Specialist III: Reviewing federal background investigation cases and conducting internet research while ensuring timely completion/contract compliance using the latest relevant terminology, policies, and procedures in a computer reporting system. Working closely with Field Managers, Contract Liaisons, and field investigators to resolve case issues and complete cases within Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) specifications. Identifying/tracking common trends for case issues/deficiencies and communicating to management.

*All Investigator Positions: Conducting federal security clearance background investigations to include obtaining record information from area law enforcement agencies/courts, employment, residential, and educational agencies; conducting daily telephone and in-person interviews; writing detailed reports (ROIs) based upon findings using federal guidelines; travel to other many CONUS locations for one week to one month temporary duty stations (TDY). Top secret clearance holding credentials with OPM/DCSA/DHS/ICE/CBP/and DoD.

*Team Leader/Field Manager Positions: Supporting a cross-functional, multi-state team as well as streamlined processes for production initiatives to complete federal background investigation cases resulting in increased company production, revenue, and federal contract renewals. Presented detailed verbal and written information/reports to investigators, executives, and federal customers, effectively articulating key information for adjudicative consideration. Identifying, organizing, and prioritizing individual and team functions to streamline project-specific workflow processes using creative approaches to challenges reducing production time by 15%.

-US Investigation Services (USIS) —Detroit, MI; Oakbrook, IL; and Grove City, PA

Investigator, 2000-2005

Investigator/Team Leader, 2005-2009

Senior Investigator, 2009-2014

-KeyPoint Government Solutions—Loveland, CO (District/Regional Office)

Senior Investigator, 2014-2016

-JK2S Solutions, Inc./CACI—Virginia Beach, VA (Corporate Office)

Senior Investigator, 2016-2017

-CSRA—Falls Church, VA (Corporate Office)

Senior Investigator/Mentor/Trainer, 08/2017-08/2018

-ACI Federal/CACI—Washington, D.C. (Corporate Office)

Field Manager, 01/2018-08/2018

-SCIS/Paragon—Herndon, VA (Corporate Office)

Contract Investigator, 08/2018-01/2024

-Xcelerate Solutions/CACI—McLean, VA (Corporate Office)

Contract Investigator, 01/2024-05/2024

-Peraton—Chicago, IL (Corporate Office)

Review Specialist III, 05/2024-Present

*Review Specialist III: Reviewing federal background investigation cases and conducting internet research while ensuring timely completion/contract compliance using the latest relevant terminology, policies, and procedures in a computer reporting system. Working closely with Field Managers, Contract Liaisons, and Field Investigators to resolve case issues and complete cases within Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) specifications. Identifying/tracking common trends for case issues/deficiencies and communicating to management.

*All Investigator Positions: Conducting federal security clearance background investigations to include obtaining record information from area law enforcement agencies/courts, employment, residential, and educational agencies; conducting daily telephone and in-person interviews; writing detailed reports (ROIs) based upon findings using federal guidelines; travel to other many CONUS locations for one week to one month temporary duty stations (TDY). Top secret clearance holding credentials with OPM/DCSA/DHS/ICE/CBP/and DoD.

*Team Leader/Field Manager Positions: Supporting a cross-functional, multi-state team as well as streamlined processes for production initiatives to complete federal background investigation cases resulting in increased company production, revenue, and federal contract renewals. Presented detailed verbal and written information/reports to investigators, executives, and federal customers, effectively articulating key information for adjudicative consideration. Identifying, organizing, and prioritizing individual and team functions to streamline project-specific workflow processes using creative approaches to challenges reducing production time by 15%.

Education

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND (IUSB)--South Bend, IN

-Masters of Public Affairs (MPA), 2006; GPA 3.8/4.0

THE PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTE--Philadelphia, PA

-General Practice Program diploma for paralegal training, 1995; GPA 3.8/4.0

INDIANA UNIVERSITY--Bloomington, IN

-Bachelor of Arts (BA): Major: Criminal Justice; Minors: French and Sociology, 1994; GPA 3.5/4.0

Additional Training/Continued Education, 2000-Present:

*Annual USG STEPP for Cybersecurity, Sensitive Compartmented Information Security, Derivative Classification, Identifying/Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information, Insider Threat Awareness, Counterintelligence Awareness and Reporting Brief, DoD Mandatory Controlled Unclassified Information, Intelligence Oversight Awareness, Information Security, Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, Operations Security Awareness, Joint Staff No Fear Act Training Course, Preventing Workplace Violence, Anti-terrorism Level 1 Training

Computer Skills

*Microsoft Office Suite-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; Google Workspace; Zoom; and proprietary specialized internal government database systems

References furnished upon request

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