It's every 10 years now for a basic secret (due to the massive backlog...), used to be every 5. Currently, secret clearances are taking ~18 months.
As for sponsorship, it's usually the company that sponsors you as a sub to a Govt project, or it's the Govt itself. -- Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:47 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: security clearance question umm no. A top secret HAS to be reviewed periodically, the length of time depends on the attachments, since TOP SECRET really isn't the top. A secret clearance even has to be reviewed every 5 or 10 years. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: security clearance question > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:22 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: security clearance question > > > > as followup to this, I am assuming top secret is out of the > > question, at least until the citizenship is finalized? > > I don't think that citizenship is a problem but I do think that you > need a sponsor to get Top Secret. > > Funny thing once you get it I don't think they ever do much to remove > it. A friend of mine still has his from when he worked on the Apollo > project - but he's not worked for the government for decades. > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213308 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
