Security Clearance news
OPM Investigation Billing Rates are a Mystery
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the latest notice for their billing rates for background investigations aligned with the newly implemented 5 Tier background investigation system they incorporated late last year. How they come up with the rates for each type of investigation is a mystery and requires hiring
Consequences of Lying or Withholding Information During a Background Investigation
When filling out the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) there is a section right after the instructions you have to acknowledge as having read. It states “I have read the instructions and I understand that if I withhold, misrepresent, or falsify information on this form, I am subject to the
FWIW I found out after the fact we had an Eligibility Pending and it was granted one year to the day after the Eligibility Pending posted. Her case was also…
I just replied somewhere else that someone I used to work with did not hear anything for a year and a half from submitting their forms to first interview. That…
UPDATE: A few weeks ago I submitted a congressional inquiry, heard back from my representative few days later that they had submitted an update request to DCSA, and exactly one…
Congrats! Looks like you must have just got lost in the fold.