thedetailedexaminationof a person's past,politicalbeliefs, etc. inordertodiscoverif they aresuitablefor agovernmentjobthat mightinvolvedealingwithsecretinformation
（对从事保密性政府工作的人进行的）道德审查，政审
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The last two facts were sufficient to get him throughpositivevetting.
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The duties of staff employed on travelling post office trains are not within the range of those to whichpositivevettingapplies.
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On the question of frequent,positivevetting, the numbers who would be involved have already been referred to and this should be further considered.
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The results ofpositivevettingare not always communicated to the person concerned.
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This term replaced the term "positivevetting" in 1994.
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Positivevettingis quite different from asking whether anything is known against a man.
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All special advisers are required to havepositivevetting.
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All special advisers are currently required to havepositivevetting.
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I do not currently have any special advisers, but all special advisers were required to havepositivevetting.
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Some people can get through almost anypositivevettingprocedure if they are determined and skilled.
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It would be inconsistent with the confidentiality of thepositivevettingprocedure for me to give information of this kind.
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The procedure ofpositivevettingis for posts with regular access to highly classified information.
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Those subjected topositivevettingare not seeking a weakening of that vetting; they are seeking only fairness and justice.
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In 1952 thepositivevettingprocedure was instituted, with the object of establishing the integrity of civil servants employed on exceptionally secret work.
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The case shows beyond doubt thatpositivevettingis an inadequate procedure to rely on to such an extent.
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