What does it say? Obviously only share what you are comfortable with
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To summarize:
They appreciate my interest, and that after further review, I am no longer under consideration.
“It is important to understand that our employment decisions are often the result of a comprehensive evaluation of many factors.”
They include in the letter numerous factors:
Personal security guidelines, Psych standards, test results, prior work experience.
It also mentions need of position and limited vaccines and that the hiring process is very competitive.
Then it directs me to address any questions to a listed mailing address.
Hi Trey,
This is a standard boilerplate response, they moved on to another candidate. Nothing to do with your clearance.
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@Trey3 glad to hear you finally got the letter Trey. I’m still waiting on mine. Hate to see how incredibly vague all of that is though. I was hoping these letters would have a little more to them than that…
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That by far was the most vague thing I have ever heard, it didn’t tell you much and then STILL directs you to contact somebody else for more information…sheesh
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@Rkf4ever, yes, yes it was…
I’ll definitely reach out to them and probably have to wait 2 months for a return of information.
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Delightfully vague, yet wholly uninformative. Like Microsoft Help. Technically correct, yet usually perfectly worthless. I would start with a letter to them asking specifics, and then do the FOIA request as well. But I would take it as a positive to not be denied a clearance. They likely submitted up to 50% more applicants, fully expecting 40% to be eliminated. Fill what they need, and still have a viable spare. Now that you have been this far, you understand so much more. Keep living the cleared life for now, high credit scores, watch it like a hawk, more time to mitigate even bigger things in life and if you get called for a poly position that too has some mystery removed.
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@amberbunny… as always, thanks for your insight!
With that said, do you have any suggestions as to how to word said letter?
And absolutely, I live my life drama free as it is. And when it comes to my credit (thanks to married life…lol) that won’t be an issue going forward.
I’m just gonna keep applying and see what falls though.
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Use their verbiage and quote it.
Hello,
requesting specific information regarding my discontinued clearance processing for A…
B…
C…
D…
Enclose a copy of their letter instructing you to write to them. I expect more double speak non committal in any manner, nothing to hang your hat on.
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The FOIA request will just come with all of the information that was collected on you during the process. There might not be any information. Keep in mind just because you passed the poly, doesn’t mean the results were good.
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@amberbunny and @velcroTech… ok, great!!! All you guys have been amazing…
Thanks for all your help.
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As noted . . . It sounds like they just moved on. They may not have needed as many people in the position that you applied for; there may have been budget cuts that reduced openings; they may just have a thing about those who take too long to clear. You will likely never know.
I wouldn’t hesitate to continue applying while trying to get more information on this issue.
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@EdFarmerIII, yes sir. I already have… I applied for a position today.
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@AWoodhull [quote=“AWoodhull, post:38, topic:7983”]
I do know that federal agencies do have language that the agencies may discontinue an applicant’s application if the applicant did not receive favorable adjudication within 12 months of tentative offer.
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Can you please confirm then that when I got my tentative offer from the agency in August of 2018 and I am still going through BI - they can cancel that offer because 12 months have passed?!
@dima, I cannot possibly answer that specific question for you.
Now, you may be referencing to a statement that I made. First, you need to understand that security clearance eligibility is a privilege, not a right. So, it is within a federal agency’s discretion to withdraw a job offer for any or no reason other than discriminatory reasons (ie: religion, race, color, disability, etc.).
This is why most, if not all, agencies include boilerplate language in tentative job offer that candidates should not make major decisions as result of the tentative offer. Some agencies play nice by including language that says… if your background investigation takes more than X-months, we will move on… etc etc etc…
For this reason, you should continue applying and looking elsewhere even if you have a tentative offer.
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You may have to redo the polygraph and other paperwork but some people have gone much longer than 12 months.
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