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You are mistaken. Security clearances go with the person and not the job. Indeed, there’s an entire industry available to people with the correct clearance. Yea

You are mistaken. Security clearances go with the person and not the job. Indeed, there’s an entire industry available to people with the correct clearance. Yeah, there's paperwork to do when you move to a new job. https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10977.htm#9 https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10977.htm#9 https://www.clearancejobs.com/ https://www.clearancejobs.com/ For example, Edward Snowden had a clearance and worked for a private company, Booz Allen after first working for the NSA as a security guard then the CIA.

walshemj 9y ago
That not how I read it you can transfer it to another federal job and a restricted set of civilian jobs It requires: "an industrial or commercial contractor, licensee, certificate holder, or grantee of an agency, including all subcontractors; a personal services contractor; or any other category of person who acts for or on behalf of an agency as determined by the appropriate agency head."
itronitron 9y ago
Security clearance does not stay with the person once they leave the job unless their new employer is (or is sponsored by) the same granting agency (i.e. DOD or DOE) and even then there is paperwork involved to set up the transfer.
- angry_octet 9y ago
  You are correct. The clearance comes in the form of a designated position with sponsored need to access certain cleared information. When you are no longer in that job you no longer have the need to access, and hence no active clearance. When you start in a new job, if it is a security clearance designated position, your clearance can be reactivated. If there has been a gap between old and new your eligibility for a clearance will have to be re-evaluated, also when changing employers. (You could have been fired or left under a cloud, a significant marker for security concerns.) All clearances require a government sponsor. So tech companies can't maintain someone with a clearance unless they are working on a govt program. IC may be a little more flexible on that.
username223 9y ago
> Indeed, there’s an entire industry available to people with the correct clearance. Indeed, one of my biggest career mistakes was not taking a job that would have included a Q clearance back before 9/11, when they were handed out much more quickly and freely.
eradicatethots 9y ago
The first link you have makes it sound like clearance does not transfer, unless I’m reading it wrong
- CalChris 9y ago
  Security clearances only apply to positions that fall under the purview of the federal government. Under the purview doesn't mean that you are employed directly by the US Government. Again, from the example, Snowden had a clearance from his previous employment. Yeah, it had to get transferred but he didn't have to get re-cleared all over again.
  - eradicatethots 9y ago
    Ah ok. Thanks for explaining that to me.
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walshemj 9y ago

That not how I read it you can transfer it to another federal job and a restricted set of civilian jobs It requires: "an industrial or commercial contractor, licensee, certificate holder, or grantee of an agency, including all subcontractors; a personal services contractor; or any other category of person who acts for or on behalf of an agency as determined by the appropriate agency head."

itronitron 9y ago

Security clearance does not stay with the person once they leave the job unless their new employer is (or is sponsored by) the same granting agency (i.e. DOD or DOE) and even then there is paperwork involved to set up the transfer.

angry_octet 9y ago
You are correct. The clearance comes in the form of a designated position with sponsored need to access certain cleared information. When you are no longer in that job you no longer have the need to access, and hence no active clearance. When you start in a new job, if it is a security clearance designated position, your clearance can be reactivated. If there has been a gap between old and new your eligibility for a clearance will have to be re-evaluated, also when changing employers. (You could have been fired or left under a cloud, a significant marker for security concerns.) All clearances require a government sponsor. So tech companies can't maintain someone with a clearance unless they are working on a govt program. IC may be a little more flexible on that.

username223 9y ago

> Indeed, there’s an entire industry available to people with the correct clearance. Indeed, one of my biggest career mistakes was not taking a job that would have included a Q clearance back before 9/11, when they were handed out much more quickly and freely.

eradicatethots 9y ago

The first link you have makes it sound like clearance does not transfer, unless I’m reading it wrong

CalChris 9y ago
Security clearances only apply to positions that fall under the purview of the federal government. Under the purview doesn't mean that you are employed directly by the US Government. Again, from the example, Snowden had a clearance from his previous employment. Yeah, it had to get transferred but he didn't have to get re-cleared all over again.
- eradicatethots 9y ago
  Ah ok. Thanks for explaining that to me.
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