I’m awaiting adjudication for a security clearance decision. I’ve been waiting for a decision for almost three years.
@bness2020
Do you think COVID will have any effect on adjudication timeline? Providing there is no need to go back to investigators for additional information I would imagine it’s just for someone to check all that’s been documented?
I think the adjudication timeline has been thrown out the window and the normal timeline is now 2-3 times the former rate. But are adjudications being allowed to work from home? If so, maybe the process has not changed too much.
You said in a prior statement it was December. So I was thinking it was 4 months ago.
I filled out an SF86C as an update to my SF86 which I submitted in August 2017. I’ve done everything else for the investigation already and am presumably just awaiting a final decision now.
We seem to be in a fairly similar spot. My initial SF86 was submitted 12/2017, and SF86C was done 2/2020
If my adjudication process takes 3 years, i will be retired by then.
They were haranguing a woman at work to get her clearance updated. She said, I’m retiring in January. No matter, they said, get your forms in. And of course the investigator came around to interview her and a few co-worker.
I told this story to a friend, he said they were bugging someone to get his polygraph done. He said, I’m retiring in October. No matter, they said, call up and schedule it. So he did… for November.
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@sbusquirrel
Hi. Do you know the name of the agency/department that does adjudication for DOD? I know polygraphs and CI interviews had been suspended, so I’m wondering if there is a way to follow them online to see when they reopen their activities.
Most adjudications for DOD are handled by the new DCSA (or is it DSCA) which took over the old DoD Central Adjudication Facility (DODCAF) and the investigative arm of OPM as well as a few other security related dogs and cats.
However, IC agencies which fall under DOD (NSA, DIA, NGA) do their own adjudications for direct hire personnel.
So maybe there is some info at dcsa.mil
EDIT: It is the Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency, DCSA. DSCA is the Defense Security Cooperation Agency)
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I imagine it does, but do you think that also applies to contractors?
@sbusquirrel
Thank you.
For DIA, I think they let DODCAF do it; for NSA, I think they keep it in house. NGA, who knows.
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My clearance officer had just sent in my e-QIP and fingerprints a few days before COVID. I have yet to receive an update. She said “We’re still waiting on OPM to open your case.”
Did I miss something, or is OPM still handling cases? I thought DoD was in charge of that. She also keeps saying that COVID has made all cases slow down. I’ve been trying to get my Secret Clearance for over 1 year now. I’ve seen several threads saying there are no backlogs and in some threads saying that there aren’t ENOUGH cases coming in so work is slow.
Any idea what’s going on?
Submitted my SF in late April. My subject interview is scheduled for next week.
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Does anyone have any information whether poly or CI are being scheduled or is it completely frozen due to COVID? My BI had been closed a month and a half ago and I was told adjudication won’t start until poly is scheduled and it hasn’t.
It is hard to say. Every organization is different.
This is for DOD, if it helps. I am kind of in limbo now, BI completed but adjudication hasn’t started because poly is not being scheduled.
I received an email stating I was in the process of adjudication last week. I needed to turn in paperwork that’s already been submitted. I’m not sure what happens next after I do that.