An Army Ranger reveals how you get a top secret clearanceEames YatesAmanda Macias
The average Top Secret security clearance renewal requires four to eight months before a decision is reached to grant approval. You should begin the renewal process at least eight months before your security clearance is due to expire. The security clearance application includes a clause that permits...
you may needa security clearanceto gain access to classified information you need to do your job. Security clearances are granted by only the federal government, and only to the extent that your need for access requires. If you have Top Secret clearance, federal law requires that your...
Upgrade from a Secret Security Clearance to a Top Secret Security Clearance provided all requirements are met. Those in military and government positions in which they were already provided a Secret Clearance may upgrade to a TS/SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) clearance if their position cha...
Why? Well, they're either super crappy in quality and looks (think a pleather wallet you can purchase at the clearance bin at Wal-Mart) or gorgeous but out of this world expensive (Dior, anyone?). There's selmonly a space in between where we can get a good-looking wallet for cheap...
Wouldn't you love to get paid to go to school to learn a language and then travel the world with your new-found knowledge? Did you know the U.S. Army will pay you to do just that? As an Army linguist, you could get paid to learn one of 24 different languages, as well as trave...
"When you first get a security clearance and you're reading top secret documents, it's like, 'wow, this is really cool,'" Deitz recalls. But the novelty soon vanishes, when officials realize that they have to be tight-lipped around spouses and friends. "I teach now, and from time ...
I applied on February 1. My application is still pending review. I also hold a security clearance where a complete background check & fingerprints are in the federal database- not sure what the hold up is. Reply Karaon April 11, 2019 at 8:51 am ...
To gain access you need top security clearance as well as an invitation from the highest levels of the military or intelligence community [source: Jacobsen]. The government has gone to a lot of trouble to make it difficult for anyone to see what's going on inside Area 51. For years, ...
creates a situation where more people have to receive that high level of clearance to do their job,” he said. “There needs to be a review of why a document was originally classified a particular way and who actually needs a top-secret clearance and reduce the over 1mn people that curre...