From: justler@krweb.net
Date: Mon Jul 21 2008 - 21:54:19 ART
Just to follow up, there are many different variants of TS clearances
depending upon what organization you are working for. SBI are pretty
common across agencies. I think these are some questions you are best off
asking your security officer as they will know specific answers depending
upon the agency your clearance is being requested for.
As well, just knowing some of the types of clearances can give away what
agency your clearance is held with which may be counter to what that
agency wishes :).
On Mon, July 21, 2008 7:07 pm, Sean C wrote:
> Spot on with Dale's answer.
>
>
> Just for reference - I was finally granted a full TS/SBI a couple of
> months ago - my wait time was around 30 months. Nothing to do with my
> records or anything, just my profile was first being reviewed by a company
> that had some debacle - and all the profiles had to be resubmitted.
> Originally, my
> Secret took about 7 months to be approved (circa 2006). A co-worker was
> nagging me because he received his TS/SBI around mid-May and only had to
> wait about 8 months. Interim S and interim TS took less than 2 weeks
> each.
>
> I think there are 2 basic Poly's - counterintelligence and full scope
> with full scope being the more extensive. Like Dale wrote - TS/SCI w/
> either Poly along with some CCIE digits is a golden ticket. I recently
> saw some ads from Verizon offering CCIE Poly positions around the DC area
> - no idea
> the rate.
>
> HTH,
> Sean C #17085
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Dale
> Kling
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:50 PM
> To: Luca Hall
> Cc: Luan Nguyen; GS CCIE-Lab
> Subject: Re: OT: How long does it take to get a Secret Clearance?
>
>
> He would need to work for a company that can hold clearances and the
> clearance would need to be tied to a contract that requires it. Even if
> you get it, you would need to be working on a contract that requires it,
> if you leave it goes inactive and it's easy to come back w/i 2 years.
> After 2
> years, you have to start the process over again. As a consultant, you can
> get a prime a contractor to hold your clearance and funnel the money to
> you from the government, but then you need to pay a pass through rate for
> the services, which is usually around 15% depending on your negotiations.
>
> TS won't require polygraphs unless it specifically is a TS w/ POLY. Most
> people I know have a TS and some are lucky enough to have TS SCI and
> maybe even POLY if they're really lucky. If you get an opportunity that
> will get you up to TS SCI with POLY, you jump on it for sure as that is
> high demand.
>
> HTH,
>
>
> Dale
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Luca Hall <lhall@setnine.com> wrote:
>
>
>> it took ~9 months to get mine (secret), and i believe it costs about 8k
>> if your thinking of trying to get it yourself.
>>
>> i think for top secret you have to go through a life style audit and
>> then a few polygraphs and i know they are really expensive and take a
>> long time.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Luan Nguyen <luan.m.nguyen@gmail.com>
>> To: GS CCIE-Lab <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>> Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:27:51 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: OT: How long does it take to get a Secret Clearance?
>>
>>
>> Anyone know how long does it take to get a Secret Clearance? Top
>> Secret?
>> Do
>> they have the expedite services like the passport one?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> -Luan
>>
>>
>>
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