Thankfully, FSOs have been able to find my clearance information along with FSP even though I never EODd with NSA. That being said, is there anything I should be worried about in terms of clearance crossover? I saw a discussion about someone later finding out during the crossover time that their FSP cannot crossover because they never actually were indoc’d, even if it showed up in the system at first.
I’m just wondering if any of you who are going to the contractor world were able to successfully get a notification that the clearance was fully crossed over.
I understand the contractor’s agency also has to approve the clearance, but I’m not worried because I have other options in case one contractor does not work out. I’m mainly worried about any issue on the NSA side in terms of something being unadjudicated or unable to cross over in general. Thank you guys
I’ve been going through this whole process since November, and I’ve been told multiple times that my clearance is moving surprisingly fast. Even with the indefinite hiring freeze in place, they still had me complete the polygraph and everything.
At this point, it looks like I might get clearance eligibility before August??? (At least I can pray)—but still be stuck in hiring pool purgatory because of the freeze. What am I even supposed to do? Do I just hope the clearance comes through in a reasonable timeframe and then try to find a job in the area where the hiring pool position is located?
I’ve never been in a situation like this before, and I’m not sure what the right move is as my current job also just ends in august anyway… The positions I can get were on the 2024 mission critical list but from what I’ve seen here that list isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on anymore
Kudos to everyone out there who is still willing to go the government employment route despite the current treatment of federal employees. Government should still be a place for some of the best and brightest public servants!
Hey! I’ve been meaning to post here but it’s been a bit hectic here (understatement). Happy to report everything went pretty smoothly and orientation classes are running. @RandomMan I’m pleasantly surprised how very welcoming, friendly and helpful people are, both instructors and fellow students!
Awesome! That was my experience as well. Welcome to the Agency! Stay in touch, maybe we can meet up at Dunkin Donuts or something when you are out of orientation.
I bet this was me @theawesomejay123 … Just got word today that confirmed that NRO summer interns could be onboarded in June. At least for me, some of the other interns have had there offer rescinded sadly.
Couldn’t access that article but did find some info on another site where they said CIA will meet the goal of 1200 fewer heads “in part” through attrition; it also said there would be similar cuts at other IC agencies.
A friend speculates that there will be some major restructuring across the IC, some people will find they need to find a new assignment outside of their comfort zone, and that might spur more retirements. Recall that the government as a whole but especially the IC has been waiting for a “wave” of retirements. The IC had a big hiring surge after 9/11 and all those fresh young faces are rather old and wrinkled by now (kinda like mine)
For about a week now, I have heard growing confidence within senior leadership that the magic number would be reached without more firings. The article now corroborates that as of now. I will say, there are several areas within my agency that are being looked at for reorgs, a few are underway I think. Shouldnt have impact to officers’ job security, just realignment.
I’m interested to see how big of a hiring decrease there will be over the next few years.
Some years back the head of one of the IC agencies told a conference, I’m really good at creating new capability to respond to a crisis… but I’m not very good at cutting back in other areas to pay for that new capability. Because the moment I suggest we could cut back in BR-549 because that mission is no longer a major priority, somebody pops up saying “OH NO YOU CAN’T DO THAT!!!” and if that somebody is from Congress or OSD then we don’t cut it. And we just get bigger.
So maybe now there will be some serious restructuring beyond the usual superficial reorg.