Security Clearance: When Will My References Be Contacted?

When you apply for security clearance , it will involve a lot of paperwork and an equal amount of details. As you fill out the references in the required fields, you may think you’re doing what is required of you by providing references, but not all references are created equal. The big question is, will the background investigator be able to reach the references you provided? Or, is the contact ...

Security Clearance: Will They Look at My Juvenile Records?

Suppose you’re seriously considering a job that involves security clearance , but you have skeletons in your closet from your youth. Perhaps you hung out with the wrong crowd and you realize you made a lot of mistakes. Or, perhaps you had a troubled childhood and you grew up in gang territory and did some bad things to survive. Regardless, you’re a changed person and you’d never repeat the same ...

Security Clearance Violations

As you know, gaining security clearance is an arduous process that takes about six months to complete. Once you have passed the background investigation and received your clearance, the last thing you want to do is lose it, but mistakes do happen. Security clearances are not guaranteed to last forever. If someone with Confidential, Secret or Top Secret clearance is careless and they violate their ...

What is Security Clearance?

Not just anybody can gain access to secure information. Before someone can access information that can impact national security, he or she must pass a detailed background check and receive what is called “ security clearance .” Our federal government gives certain individuals security clearance as a way of saying, “This person has passed our background investigation and can now access classified ...