>> 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