Originally posted by malvolio
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so looks like it could be a long wait!!!!
im gonna give it another 2 weeks see what happens....
anyone had their clearance done in a short time of space without any problems?Comment
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Got a gig right now in the heart of the beast, and I can tell you that *in theory* there are people with Basline who are seeing things people with SC should see, and there are people with SC who are seeing things only people with DV should see.
The whole clearance process is a bit of a mess and enforcing clearance in a place like the central gov. is actually quite difficult, especially with suppliers on board.
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Originally posted by b0redom View PostYeah, I was able to work on an SC site with BC clearance until mine came through on the basis that:
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3) I wasn't allowed to touch anything myself
PwC were working on the same assignment as me. Somehow, their lead functional consultant, an Irishman, was able to work, despite his SC not having come through.
And re: different clearances... I had to code around something along the lines of "If this object equals this value, then don't display". Only, I wasn't cleared to know what "this value" was. So we worked out how I could do all the coding, without needing to know the value, and, more importantly, not being able to find out the value. I was mentioning this as one of the interesting facets of working in a secure environment, to the chief security officer. He said "oh, you mean..." and he quoted the value.
The official secrets act is there to protect officials, not secrets.Last edited by NotAllThere; 8 October 2007, 17:20.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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It took me nine weeks to get clearance earlier this year but I was able to start the contract and work on unclassified stuff, in an unclassified part of the client site.
I believe at the moment SC is taking even longer (a colleague waited 16 weeks).Comment
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Been there, done that, got the same kind of inadvertant update! There's this helpdesk....
However it's a risk assessment: the PM may well rteat you as a non-threat, but some noddy clierical officer has to follow the rules and overrides him. As you say, it's not about protecting secrets.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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My SC came through this week.
Forms were sent off mid August. Took about 2 weeks for the DVA to scan it onto their system - backlog apparently. Once on their system took about 5 weeks, although I was warned that typically could take 2 months. I previously had SC but this lapsed 3 years ago and have no history that would ring any alarm bells.
Didn't make any difference to me but the guy at the DVA also said that people with USA family history could take as long as a year??? Didn't say why though.Comment
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