Security Clearance Questions

SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A
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I have a few questions and would appreciate some help and insights.

  1. I’m a USG employee with a TS//SCI w/ a poly. Last month, security personnel at the USG agency suspended my access to classified information and SCI eligibility for various infractions I self-reported. I’m in the process of applying for jobs to hold me over until I receive a determination of reinstatement or revocation from security and was wondering if and how I should reflect my security clearance status to prospective employers because I’ve seen folks say the suspension of access is not the same as suspension of eligibility.

1A) Should I reflect to employers that I have a TS//SCI w/ poly or Top-Secret w/ Poly, OR am I eligible for TS//SCI? I’m confused by my agency’s suspended access to classified info and SCI language because it doesn’t seem that my clearance is suspended; just my access while they conclude.

1B) Is my access to classified information just suspended temporarily at that specific USG agency, and say, could my eligibility be turned back on if I were picked up by a contractor working for a separate USG agency?

  1. My security POC told me my case was reviewed by security leadership 2 weeks ago, but I’ve yet to hear back. I assume I’m in adjudication if it’s being reviewed by leadership. I know it’s case by case, but is adjudication for access suspensions handled more quickly for federal employees? I’m optimistic my case will be adjudicated favorably, and I’ll be reinstated because I self-reported the infractions. Still, I’m in a weird place of looking for jobs because I know my case could be stuck in adjudication for months.

Thank you

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I know absolutely nothing more about your case than what you wrote, but I predict with high confidence that you will be reinstated… however it may take some times. Think “weeks” not “days.” And weeks can turn in to months (as you already noted).

Actually I should make one clarification: what I said is based on the assumption that you are on some kind of administrative leave or working only in unclassified areas… is that correct?

Regarding your other question, I doubt anyone will be able to pick up your clearance at this time as your suspension will almost certainly show up as some kind of “incident.”

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Hard to say for sure but I believe that this suspension would show up as an “incident” or “unadjudicated information” or something else that adds up to “not good.” This would probably prevent anyone from picking up the clearance easily even at the secret level.

So you have been suspended? It certainly sounds like a pattern of poor security practices so maybe that’s why they did the suspension.