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RE: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance
From: "Laura Taylor" <ltaylor () relevanttechnologies com>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 19:07:17 -0400
One thing to know is that for all the clearances, you have to have a good credit history. Laura -----Original Message----- From: firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com]On Behalf Of Vin McLellan Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:06 PM To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance At 5/4/2004, Adam Shostack wrote:
Oh, if you want to work in a clearance required facility, you'll have to find one that's willing to pick up the cost of sending you through the system.
A year ago, that could take as much as 18 months and could cost the hiring agency (directly, or as a pass-through from a civilian contractor) as much as $50k. Recent reports seem to indicate that the backlog is down to around 12 months. Adam's flights of fancy aside, as others have noted, you are only permitted to obtain a US security clearance if you have a job assignment that warrants it -- and, by the regs, you only hold that clearance for so long as you have that assignment. There are over 20 different US federal agencies or agency departments which can require a security clearance, and <sigh> apparently all of them have different criteria and a different vetting process for someone seeking to obtain their respective clearance. A clearance issued by one often does not transfer to another. The cost, complexity, and time involved in the process are such that cleared personnel typically earn a significant premium over uncleared personnel. Industry and government agencies now compete for pre-cleared staff -- which means agencies and contractors are stealing vetted employees from one another, since there is no "waiting pool" of cleared but unemployed employees. Although there are several new federal initiatives to reform the process, it is still a terribly wasteful and flawed bureaucratic imbroglio. See an industry white paper on suggested improvements in the process at: <http://www.itaa.org/es/docs/securityclearancewhitepaper.pdf> Suerte, _Vin _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
Current thread:
- Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance N Hawkins (May 04)
- Re: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Paul D. Robertson (May 04)
- RE: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Laura Taylor (May 04)
- RE: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Dave Piscitello (May 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance salgak (May 04)
- Re: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Adam Shostack (May 04)
- RE: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Lavelle, Michael S. (PCSD) (May 04)
- Re: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Vin McLellan (May 05)
- RE: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Laura Taylor (May 05)
- RE: Obtaining a US Govt Security Clearance Ahmed, Balal (May 06)