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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

OPM recently announced (FIN 07-08) the prices of their investigative products for Fiscal Year 2008.  The cost of some high end security clearance products, which involve considerable field investigative work, increased about 4.8 percent, and the low end products that rely mostly on automated checks increased about 8.6 percent.  Here

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Background Investigations

Seems like a lot of OPM and contract investigators are interested in posting their experiences in the field and getting work. While there are a number of comments in other threads, we wanted to start a new one specifically devoted to these folks. Thanks!

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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

The previous thread devoted to questions and answers regarding security clearances received 100+ comments and got full quick. Here’s another empty thread to post in.

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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

This new article details that the end of the federal government’s security clearance logjam is finally in sight, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Kathy Dillaman, associate director for OPM’s Federal Investigative Services, said that 80 percent of OPM’s initial investigations of applicants are being finished in less than

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