How do you obtain a goverment clearance?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 01 Aug 2002 12:20 PDT

It will be very helpful if you can give more detail so that we can try
to find the information you need.

A government clearance of what kind? 

Which level of government (i.e. city? county? state? federal?) 

In what country?

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Clarification of Question by obhet-ga on 02 Aug 2002 06:52 PDT

This is reference to the question on how to obtain goverment
clearance?

First I want to let you know that I'm refering to federal clearances.
I have been working as a Network engineer over 5 years and currently
unemployed. Since september 11, 2001 it seems like all IT companies
and bussiness are requiring an active federal clearances.
I have worked on several goverment contracts and never had a
clearance.  But recently I was laid off due to a Chapter 11 filed by
the company I was working for. This senario also makes it very hard
for somebody like me to get another job.With this being said, I want
to know how can an unemployed guy like me get
a federal clearance in order to get a job.  Is there an office that
deals with a case like mine.

If you are talking about the US government, then the answer is you
don't.  Government "clearance" is granted not obtained.  It is granted
on whether you "need to know" government property (aka secrets) in
order to do your job.

In determining whether or not to grant you access to their
information, they first determine "need to know", then they perform a
background check on the individual.  The more sensitve the data, the
more thourough the background check.

The process varies depending on which government agency you might work
for (either as an employee or a contractor or consultant) and can
often take a long time for them to complete their research.


If for some strange reason you want a job that requires a clearance,
apply for a job with the defense department or CIA or one of the many
contractors that work for them.  One final word of advice.  When
filling out your background information, tell the truth, even if its
something you are not proud of.  If you lie or exaggerate, they will
probably find out and decide that you aren't trustworthy enough to be
privvy to their secrets.

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