[ale] OT: DoD security clearance

[CBenesh at WesleyanCollege.edu]

They ask for the names of all your family members(including in-laws).
I don't remember if they ask if your family members have clearances,
but I'd imagine it wouldn't be that hard to check.

							-CB 

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrin [mailto:haswes at mindspring.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:48 PM
To: CBenesh at WesleyanCollege.edu
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] OT: DoD security clearance


I wonder how it works if your family has had DOD clearance.

Adrin


-----Original Message-----
From: CBenesh at WesleyanCollege.edu [mailto:CBenesh at WesleyanCollege.edu]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:33 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] OT: DoD security clearance


DOE/DOD clearance are not something that you can go out and get. If you
are hired for a job that requires a clearance, the company pays for an
investigation into your background/activities. You get to fill out forms,
and have FBI agents interview you, your family, friends and employers.( I
thought the whole process was kind of amusing, but other people I know
found it intrusive....) It often takes six months or so for the clearance to
be processed. ( The company will either start before your employment date,
or will find other, non-classified things for you to do in the interim.)

The companies put it into job ads/descriptions so that you know before hand
that it is required and that if for some reason you don't pass you will(most
likely) be fired. (They also want to discourage people who don't think
they'll pass from applying, so that they won't have to pay for an ultimately
unnecessary  investigation.) If
you had a clearance in the past, the govt. will already have the results
of the previous investigation on file, so they won't have to start over from
scratch. Obviously, this will speed up the process and save some $$....

-----Original Message-----
From: gene [mailto:gene at mmc-inc.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:18 PM
To: Kevin O'Neill Stoll
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: DoD security clearance


Well, I don't know for sure, but I don't think that is something one can
acquire on your own.  Many moons ago, I had a security clearance in the
Air Force and also as a defense contractor.  I THINK the company has to
pay for the background investigation.

If a company that requires a DoD clearance is looking for someone with
an active, or re-instatable (is that a word?) clearance, I'm guessing
they are looking to avoid the expense of paying for the investigation
and the time they would be paying you waiting on your clearance to come
through.  If you have never ahd a clearance, it can take a few months as
I recall to get one.  That's my guess FWIW (not much probably).

gene


On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 16:00, Kevin O'Neill Stoll wrote:
> Howdy,
>
>     I have been trying to do some research regarding obtaining a
Department of Defense security clearance. Some of the potential employers
that I have been working with in my job search either require it or ask that
you have the ability to re-instate your old one. I spent some time on the
DoD site but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for.
>
>     Anywho, if anyone could point me in the right direction I would
greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kevin O'Neill Stoll
> http://kevinstoll.org/
> (770) 569-7251
>
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