Re: RE: Security Clearance RE. RE was career path

clearances dont take two years. maybe 8 months. for a 'secret' you can get a temporary in about a month and go to work. Top Secret is more serious. Thats when the FBI does the SSBI or SCI(I cant remember the difference) basically they go back and talk to your elementary school teachers. Looking for stuff to blackmail you on. as long as you dont lie, have half way decent credit, no felony convictions, and have not lived outside the US for significant periods of time you normally get it.

I know people who have gone to government consulting companies on non-classified projects, then while on them their company decided to clear people to make ready for future work. You usually have to sign a bondage agreement though so you cant just quit when they come down.

FBI does most it. All of homeland security which includes(FDA and farm services) now require 7 year background and 2 personal references, but you can start before they come down.
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> From: "Johnson, Michael " <Michael.Johnson_at_oln-afmc.af.mil>
> Date: 2003/05/08 Thu PM 02:07:14 EDT
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> Subject: RE: Security Clearance RE. RE was career path
>
> Interesting..... didnt know that the FBI was doing this. The clearances
> I am speaking of deal with military agencies and federal government
> intelligence agencies. I have never heard of expedited clearances, but that
> doesnt mean there isnt such a thing. The normal process involved through
> these agencies is to get a secret clearance and then proceed upward from
> there. The secret clearance may take a shorter period of time, but once
> you acquire it, you still may not be able to get access to information you
> need to do your job. If you need something higher than that, it is
> still my understanding you are looking at 2 years.
>
> FWIW, Mike
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> If a company REALLY wants you, they can ask for an expedited security
> clearance, which only takes a couple of weeks. However, that is more likely
> to be the case when you are already working for the company and they simply
> want you to be assigned to another job that requires a clearance. Also, the
> fact that you previously had a clearance will help. The feds will not
> re-contact all the contacts from the prior part of your life that they
> already investigated. Mostly, they will concentrate on contacts since the
> clearance expired.
>
> BTW, I have been a contact for one friend who got a clearance, and had a
> really interesting interview with an FBI agent. I'm now scheduled for an
> interview for another friend, who is getting an expedited clearance. In the
> first case, it was actually a few months from the time my friend told me she
> gave them my name to the time I was contacted. In the second case, it was
> two days.
>
> Leslie
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> List,
> There are a lot of prime job openings that I am interested but they require
> a Security Clearance. If I have a job that provided the security clearance
> I am all set....But if I do not need one now and do not have one now, How do
> I get one to be able to apply for the job opening? I have had a T-S Crypto
> clearance in the past but it has expired and I would like to get a clearance
> reinstated again. What steps are required for an individual to get a
> clearance but not currently have a job that requires it?
>
> It sounds like catch-22 to me . You need the clearance to get the job but
> need the job to get the clearance. Ron
>
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