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positive vetting

the checking of a person's background, political affiliation, etc., to assess his suitability for a position that may involve national security

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No references found			He retired in 1965, when he became a civil servant and worked for the MoD as a positive vetting officer. Wing Commander Tim Fairhurst; WWII RAF pilot who flew Mosquitoes and ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) See also: Peter Hennessy and Gail Brownfield, "Britain's Cold War Security Purge: The Origins of Positive Vetting," The Historical Journal 25:4 (1982), 965-974. Family ties in the making of modern intelligence by Proctor, Tammy M. / Journal of Social History Pretty good security for most enterprise and a large reduction in cost for tight security by positive vetting of 99%+ of Web Services/XML message traffic is available. Tarari's Michael Leventhal to Speak at Interop 2006 WebOps Summit: ... by Business Wire			positive mold positive motion positive movement positive number positive ore Positive Organ positive part positive pedal curve positive phase sequence positive photokinesis positive phototaxis positive pole Positive Process positive ray positive real function Positive Relief form positive semidefinite positive series positive shoreline positive sign positive skewness positive temperature coefficient positive terminal positive transfer positive transmission positive vetting positive with respect to a signed measure positive zero positive-displacement positive-displacement compressor Positive-Displacement Hydraulic Drive positive-displacement meter positive-displacement pump positive-grid oscillator positive-ion sheath positive-phase-sequence relay Positivism Positron positron camera positron depth profiling positron emission positron emission spectroscopy positron emission tomography Positronium positronium velocity spectroscopy POSIX POSIX-based Poska, Dionizas Poslukh Posmitnyi, Makar Posmitnyi, Makar Anisimovich			Positive static charge Positive static charge Positive Stimmung für Deutschland positive stimulus Positive Surgical Margins and/or Seminal Vesicle Involvement positive symptom Positive symptoms Positive Target Identification Positive temperature coefficient Positive temperature coefficient Positive Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity Positive Temperature Coefficient Register positive terminal Positive test Positive test Positive test Positive Test/Regressive Test Positive Thermal Coefficient Positive Thyroid Hormone Response Element Positive Train Control Positive Train Location Positive Train Separation Positive Transaction Control positive transfer positive transmission Positive Turnaround Control Point Positive variation positive very large move positive vetting Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra Positive Vision Network Positive volume index Positive volume index Positive volume index Positive Vorticity Advection positive with respect to a signed measure Positive Women Leaders of Uganda Positive Women of Hope Organization Positive Word-of-Mouth Positive Work Environment Positive yield curve Positive Yield Curves Positive youth development Positive Youth Initiative positive zero Positive, Proactive, Organized, Flexible and Focused Positive-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Positive-channel, Negative-channel junction Positive-Definite Toeplitz Matrix positive-displacement positive-displacement compressor Positive-Displacement Hydraulic Drive positive-displacement meter Positive-displacement pump Positive-displacement pump Positive-displacement pump Positive-Electrolyte-Negative

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