Timeline 2026 Thread

New thread for 2026. Here’s to one filled with more successful clearance adjudications as the hiring freeze gradually comes to an end.

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After four years, my CJO was rescinded.
I received a CJO for a STEM job at the NSA in June 2021.
I had no SI, no psych, and no poly.

Jun 2021: Submitted SF86
Jul 2021: More info requested

2022: No news

2023: My recruiter said the delay was due to foreign contacts.
I made a congressional inquiry.

2024: No news

Aug 2025: My offer was rescinded because of the hiring freeze

Man that is rough. Did the ever complete your back ground investigation? Or was is still going on.

But weren’t they exempt from the hiring freeze at that poitn?