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… are you likely to work to overthrow the gov’t.
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IIRC the question was phrased along the lines of “Do you favor the overthrow of the US government through violence or subversion?”
I astutely gathered they were not asking applicants to express a preference…
Oh, one other thing. It’s a good idea to ask the people you intend to list and find out if it’s okay before you list them. It gives them a heads-up so they won’t be too surprised when the FBI phones them one evening.
True, Dinsdale–it isn’t a multiple-choice question.
It’s all post 9/11 stuff. I’ve worked for the federal government for over 30 years and never had to fill out any security clearance type forms, but a couple of years ago when my ID badge needed to be renewed, they made me fill out a basic security clearance and even took my fingerprints (again!)–all of it done online. They had trouble getting the fingerprints to “take” too but that was apparently more of a software problem of them having old technology.
For a non-critical, non-sensitive position, I only had to go back 10 years I think. My references were all people that I work with and believe it or not, they did contact each of them and talked to them. But it all worked out. And yes, they were unbelievably back-logged for quite a while, although I believe the backlog is not as bad or long as it was then. I think it was a 6-8 months wait from the time I started that ball rolling before I was finally able to get my new ID badge.
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It’s all post 9/11 stuff.
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Not so. The agency named in the OP required fingerprinting and security clearance in '86 - at least for some positions.
A number of years ago, DrMatrix was hired as a contract employee for US Customs. They did an intense ten year background check, after he’d been working for them a month. Just routine back then.
They even sent agents to South Louisiana to interview his parents and mine.
Don’t know what the present procedure is.
[QUOTE=Dinsdale]
Not so. The agency named in the OP required fingerprinting and security clearance in '86 - at least for some positions.
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It has changed for me. Prior to 9/11, I had an ID badge I kept in a desk drawer, used only when I had to go to the Parklawn Building or some other federal office downtown that had security gates. We didn’t. Since then, I have to wear the badge around the building where I work, and we have gates and x-ray machines now.
Last year, for the first time, I was fingerprinted and had to undergo a security check for a job I’ve had 10+ years (I think that if I were a risk, I would have had plenty of time to unfold my insidious plans long before this.)