29 Feb
2012
29 Feb
'12
2:12 p.m.
Is clearance the problem, or the ability to obtain clearance due to something in their background? If your work requires it, you should have some recourse for applicants to obtain the required clearance, no?
My understanding is that while primary and subcontractor companies can put people in the sponsoring organization's clearance granting queue, it takes so long to get someone through the queue that for high-level positions they essentially make having the clearance already a prerequisite.
Things have gotten a lot better than they used to be. My understanding is that these days a DoD collateral TS is routinely completed in < 6 months. -r