Public Trust and Secret clearance Q and A

Hello everyone,
I have two questions. I have a Public Trust investigation with DHS that is pending since august, 2023. Now, I got another job with DOD and they are running a DOD secret. I was told the DOD secret should be out in two months. Secret clearance is higher than public trust but public trust is taken longer.

Secondly, Will the Secret clearance investigator see information about my public trust ?

That’s a good question… does DHS also use DSCA for their investigations? Anyway the answer to your question is probably “yes” since even though clearances may not transfer easily, they probably do share at least some investigation details.

There are different levels of public trust, some have the same or higher investigation as secret.

Please keep us posted!

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I got that. Thanks for the information