兰德-审查双重国籍公民和归化公民在国家安全工作队伍中的服务-应对与人事审查流程相关的复杂性、挑战和机遇（英）

STEPHANIE J. WALSH, SINA BEAGHLEY, DAVID STEBBINS, NIKOLAY MASLOV, THEILINE PIGOTTVetting of Dual Citizens and Naturalized Citizens for Service in the National Security WorkforceAddressing Complexities, Challenges, and Opportunities Related to the Personnel Vetting ProcessResearch ReportFor more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RRA3461-1.About RANDRAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. To learn more about RAND, visit www.rand.org.Research IntegrityOur mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behavior. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/research-integrity.RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.© 2025 RAND Corporation is a registered trademark.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication.ISBN: 978-1-9774-1566-0Cover: Ijeab/Getty Images. Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis publication and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to its webpage on rand.org is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research products for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, visit www.rand.org/about/publishing/permissions.RR-A3461-1iiiAbout This ReportIn this report, we examine the challenges and complexities that surround the personnel vetting (PV) process for dual or naturalized citizens (D/NCs) who are seeking roles in the national security workforce. Applicants for national security positions must navigate the fed-eral PV process to adjudicate their eligibility for a security clearance. For individuals who are D/NCs, the process may be more complex due to such factors as perceptions about foreign citizenship, perceptions about the posses