Wait Times for New Clearances

This article about CIA and DIA job fairs in Florida talks about anticipated wait times for new security clearances.

The biggest drawback to [intelligence] work is the average 440-day waiting period to obtain a security clearance from the government, said Dale Armstrong, a senior partner in the Lucas Group, an Atlanta-based headhunting agency.

A decade ago, the clearance might have taken 150 days.

Armstrong said the private sector frequently raids government ranks, and companies raid each other, for qualified people with a security clearance.

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