Keeping Your Clearance Upon Leaving USG

A recent article in the Washington Post discussed whether to try to keep your security clearance upon deciding to leave work with the U.S. Government (USG).

With clearances, especially high-level ones, you become very marketable and an attractive candidate to many government contractors…

According to the Defense Security Service (DSS), federal workers or military service members with clearances can be reissued a clearance for another position if the date you left prior federal or military service occurred within 24 months…. DSS also says that if your initial investigation or periodic reinvestigation was not completed within the timeframe described, an investigation may have to be requested before you are granted another clearance.

Filed Under: Career, Procedures