[thelist] OT: Security Clearances

[Daniel Frey]

As a former member of the USAF on active duty and a current member of
the NY Air National Guard, I can attest that getting a top secret
clearance is no walk in the park.  Someone mentioned earlier in the
thread that they had to wait for 3 weeks for their clearance - I had to
wait for seven months, and I was 18 years old - not too much background
digging to be done.

It costs somewhere in the range of 50-60k to do all the research and
background checking for a TS.  Basically, it sounds like the company who
wants its prospective employees to already have clearances wants to save
some money.  I think if you have already had a TS clearance that it does
in fact have some duration to it that is independent of your employment.
As far as secret, classified or any of those wacky "special container"
clearances, I don't know.

And they definitely check the sources you give them - don't leave
anything out! :)

Good luck!

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Bob Fowler
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:10 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: Re: [thelist] OT: Security Clearances


Although it does leave you in an unfair position when you are well
qualified for the position, and would have no problems getting a
security clearance...

I'm surprised that some of the more reputable (non-government) security
agencies  (Pinkertons etc) do not offer a "Private" security clearance
service.  For a fee, they would just do a background check, interviews
etc, and give you a certificate stating that you "should" be able to get
a security clearance without any problems.

Bob.

----- Original Message -----
> And, it looks like you can't get one on your own (which makes sense,
> particularly with security concerns since 9/11 . . . would you want
> your government to give licenses to people without an employment
justification?).



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