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State Department Security Clearances
While the vast majority of security clearances are processed through the Department of Defense, several government agencies (including the Intelligence Community) run their own investigation processes. While the security clearance adjudicative criteria are standard, federal employment suitability standards differ between agencies, as well as procedures for clearance denial. The State
Reviewing a Copy of Your Background Investigation
Now that your background investigation was completed by OPM and favorably adjudicated by the DOD CAF, DSS, or another Federal agency, you can start work and forget about it until your next periodic update, right? Wrong! I always recommend requesting a copy of your completed background investigation so you have
It’s all about “where your physical body” was located at during each period so that law checks can be run for all the jurisdictions. Your permanent address isn’t relevant if…
also use your amazon account as a reference!
The credit report point only goes so far; it won’t capture duty stations or the guard/reserve active periods the last poster is asking about. On that question, the duplicate-entries headache…
On the credit report suggestion, that only covers addresses tied to accounts, so gaps from rentals, school housing, or short stays often won’t show up. For the reserve/guard question, the…