First time TS security clearance. Scared as !#@$

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   If you don't want someone digging through the gory details, then don't apply for the position.

You can't have it both ways. It just doesn't work that way.

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BackGdInvestigator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 905	Post Options Post Reply Quote BackGdInvestigator Report Post Quote Reply Topic: First time TS security clearance. Scared as !#@$ Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 8:43am
	If you don't want someone digging through the gory details, then don't apply for the position. You can't have it both ways. It just doesn't work that way.

Newonhere11 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Nov 2009 Posts: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote Newonhere11 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 9:06am
	That is the best advice I have heard on here.

oboist513 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote oboist513 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 9:13am
	BI put it into a nutshell. You can't have it both ways. It's the nature of the position. You should probably contact whoever hired you to get more information about what kind of clearance you are being investigated for. Some agencies ask for 10 years, some 7, and they'll usually let you know if it is 10 years or just back to your 16th birthday or father back. These are really important questions to have answered before you fill out your paperwork so that you fill it out CORRECTLY. Properly filled out paperwork not only helps the investigators, but it helps you too if you think about it. A top secret investigation is going to be more thorough than a secret. Regardless of depth, if you lie, you'll get caught and you won't get your clearance anyways.

charlie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Nov 2009 Posts: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote charlie Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 6:37pm
	How did you find out the reasons for flunking security clearance. Same thing has happened to me

tessjackson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Posts: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote tessjackson Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 3:57am
	Getting a secret is not as indepth as a top secret (TS) and you can actually start working with an interim secret clearance.

tessjackson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Posts: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote tessjackson Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 4:03am
	I agree if you hide something on your clearance paperwork and "they" find it and you dont have a good excuse you will be blackballed for a clearance. Let's be real honest and frank here if you do not want someone poking in your life dont accept a job that requires a clearance. With all the things going on in the world today I would not want ANYONE who has a job that requires a top secret clearance to not be able to withstand questioning about thier background. The goverment just does not give out clearances becuase they are cool. You are given a clearance in the government for 2 reasons who you are around (President, Secretary of Defense...ect) or what you may overhear or look at (intelligence, contacts...ect). With how expensive it is to complete a clearance if you are not prepared to have your life looked at dont watse taxpayer dollars by accepting the job.

hepcat13 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote hepcat13 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 4:17am
	Maybe someone in this thread can help me with this. I've just been offered a position with the DCMA Keystone program. I am a current Dept of the Air Force civilian employee and former Dept of the Army civilian employee with a current Secret Clearance which had been renewed just last year by the DoD. When I transferred from the Dept of the Army to the Air Force my clearance was transferred also. My clearance is still active in JPAS, but when I asked the DCMA Keystone HR office about tranferring my clearance they informed me that I would have to repeat the process all over again. This doesn't make sense to me. Is the HR person misinformed or does the govt really want to spend the money to redo my clearance and if so why? I've transferred from different agencies before and this is the first time HR required me to redo my clearance. Any insight on this situation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Newonhere11 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Nov 2009 Posts: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote Newonhere11 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 10:09am
	I am unsure but I believe clearance procedures were revamped after 9/11, and also a result of the number of high-level spies that have been uncovered over the last few years...expect things to be a little different ... it's no longer "business as usual" or the way things were previously done.