In category: Security Clearance
Continuous Vetting vs. Continuous Evaluation: What Changed, and What It Now Checks
On October 1, 2021, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency reported it had enrolled every Department of Defense security clearance holder in a program called Continuous Vetting. The same milestone retired the practice of reinvestigating those holders every five to te… more
The 24-Month Clock: How Long a Clearance Stays Reactivatable After a Cleared Job Ends
Search the text of 32 CFR 117.10, the federal rule that decides whether a contractor employee may access classified information, and the phrase "24 months" appears zero times. "Two years" is absent too. Yet ask almost anyone in the cleared workforce how long a clearance stays goo… more
Scattered Castles vs. DISS: The Two Databases That Decide If You Get the Cleared Job
For employersHiring cleared professionals?Post your cleared req where security-cleared candidates already search.Post a Cleared JobFor job seekersHolding a clearance?Browse cleared roles from employers hiring right now.Browse Cleared JobsThe two databases that decide whether your… more
Interim Security Clearance: How It Works, How Long It Takes, and Why It Gets Denied
Federal regulation caps an interim security clearance at one year. Not one year of active work, but one year of validity before the government has to finish the full background investigation or formally extend the temporary grant. That ceiling, written into 32 CFR 117.10, tells y… more
Public Trust Positions: The Tiers, the Investigation, and Why It Is Not a Security Clearance
Key takeaways A Tier 4 high-risk public trust investigation is priced at $4,460 for FY 2027, against $455 for the Tier 3 investigation behind a Secret clearance (DCSA, effective October 1, 2026). Suitability is adjudicated against 8 factors in 5 CFR 731.202(b) today, rising to … more