How can I get my security clearance adjudicated more quickly?

2019-04-10T09:44:22-04:00

Response by SFC Casey O'Mally made Apr 10 at 2019 10:40 AM

2019-04-10T10:40:37-04:00

Unfortunately, this is not something anyone other than your security manager (or someone above him in the chain) can "fix".

When you get to a unit, part of your inprocessing is inprocessing the S2. The S2 then processes you in JPAS (the big security clearance database in the sky) and "owns" you. There is a secuity chain, similar to the chain of Command, and if you are "owned" by BN, you will be owned by BDE, DIV, etc. So higher echelons can play with your file, but other echelons cannot. You can't walk to the BN next door and ask their security manager to help you.

All that being said, the unit security manager is not who adjudicates. Likely a delay in adjudication is a backlog at OPM - which no one outside of OPM can really help you out with, short of a high level Commander (like birds at a minimum, more likely stars) calling and saying you need to be expedited for time-sensitive mission-critical reasons. I am guessing that is not the case, so you probably just have to wait for OPM to finalize the process.

I know that is not what you wanted to hear, but based on my experience working the security clearance desk and the little info you provided, that is the only solution I can see.

Response by SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint made Apr 10 at 2019 12:18 PM

2019-04-10T12:18:12-04:00

You are making a joke??? The subject of an investigation is wanting to do his own adjudication???? If I rob a bank, let me do the analysis of the information...and I will not go to jail. DCAF does all DoD adjudications. CCF is long gone, but mostly folded into DCAF. The first Senior Executive (SES) was former Army commander of CCF. Those professionals will do the adudacations. They are a little busy. You can wait. Others with more important jobs have a higher priority. (Like a linguist with three hard languages...yes, they are more valuable than you and I.)

Response by SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint made Apr 10 at 2019 12:20 PM

2019-04-10T12:20:25-04:00

Why is it important for your clearance to get completed and adjudicated before others? What makes you special. We have to think about the big picture. This is to help our future career.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 10 at 2019 12:26 PM

2019-04-10T12:26:31-04:00

IDK the process for this. Please be respectful.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 10 at 2019 1:29 PM

2019-04-10T13:29:19-04:00

There is no accelerating it. Your unit can try to expedite things, but once your in-person interview is done, then it's lost in the cloud that is D.C. They are super backed up right now. I have 8 guys in my Air Guard unit waiting on adjudication just to get to Tech School. We can't enter the SCIF until we get clearance AND complete Tech School. Some of these kids have been sitting for a year waiting.

Response by LtCol Robert Quinter made Apr 10 at 2019 6:01 PM

2019-04-10T18:01:12-04:00

An age old problem that seemingly is impossible to resolve. They had a big push in the 60s on all pilots having at least a TS. Progress was announced weekly with few changes. Our executive officer was one of those who dragged on and on. HQMC finally ran a check on it and it turned out his mother-in-law was a member of the NAZI party during WWII in Germany and they were having trouble doing all the investigating.
Sit back, smile and have faith, this too shall pass!

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 11 at 2019 9:31 PM

2019-04-11T21:31:49-04:00

Nothing. All you can do is wait. Last I heard, maybe 2 months ago, is it's taking somewhere around 2 years for an initial TS/SCI. My last PR took about 15 months. I worked with a guy who, even with a TS, waited over 2 years for an SCI adjudication that never came.