government job... is the information found through a security clearance used for anything else?
611679
they are interested in whether you have gotten in trouble with the law, drunk driving, drugs, and that sort of stuff
443185
Please be specific about the clearance from employment.
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Yes, I have sent a request, (several years after the one I sent for my security clearance for the Service, the Army handled that one though), the second one  under the FOIA, Freedom on Information Act. I had a pre-addressed request which I discovered on-line, and waited about a month, not too long. However, the response I received ONLY stated that I was not under special consideration or observation by the agency. BUT, the fine print states that if I want ALL  the INFORMATION kept by the FBI on me, I have to send ANOTHER request and pay a few dollars for some sort of fee, a few bucks. This requires another form and more waiting time. Seems the FBI tries to limit how much it gives out by making additional steps, although my FIRST request specifically stated I wanted ALL information pertaining to me that was kept by them, not just if I was of 'interest'. I'm sorry I can't give you the exact site I found the request available for us all to use, but if you have the desire to spend some time researching, visit the literature and the links,(under the 'about Paladin tab), at the http://www.paladin-press.com site. Lots of personal information there. Hope this works for you.
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You have to be sneaky about it but I have in the past and can not for the life of me remember how I ended up getting the information I finally got.\n\nGood Luck.
1187099
It depends what you are applying for.  If it is for credit, they will usually check databases to verify the information you give, but if it is for employment, especially for government or high profile jobs they will send letters, phone calls, etc.  to the names that you list and may ask questions of the person you list on the form.  I have been asked questions of someone applying for a high profile position of his employment with us and they also asked many personal questions about him.
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sensitive material relates to special skills you might hold (such as being able to fluently translate russian and french).  Military intelligence is involved heavily in classified information as well as well placed brass in the pentagon.  Although they are not military, the CIA probably knows more secrets about the military then many officers.  As what has been mentioned already, your not guaranteed anything by your recruiter.  The military puts you where they need you; not what you need.
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yes - you're entitled to a copy of any information that anybody, company or government, holds about you. its to do with the data protection act.
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Not 100% sure.  The law says they must have a legitimate reason to access your records.  I'm sure they are checking for your last address and employment history.\n\nI'm gonna bet it's legal though.  ;(
674996
It is better to list it and explain it.  Since this is for a security clearance, they will most likely find it anyway.  It is better to list.
296760
Usually the company that you work for will notify you if they have done a background check.  I know when I took a management position with my company, they notified me that I would undergo a security check.
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Theoretically, the SS administration has the records. However, they may not keep the details that long.\n\nNot to be harsh, but it's reasonable to expect a person to know where they've worked.
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I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.\n\nWhen you are investigated for top clearance, everything about you is reported to the agency requesting it, so they will see your bankruptcy and everything else about your finances.
29763
I am not sure what you mean by police clearance. If you mean a records check to check your back ground for criminal records and actions taken or wants for your arrest nation wide. Then go to a police department and ask them to run a NCIC check for you, They may charge a few dollars for it. I hope I answered your question. Good Luck.
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First you have to have a security clearance.  If you have a security clearance then you will have received a SAEDAA (Sedition and Espionage Directed Against America) briefing in which you would have been told to direct questions about your status to your seurity officer.  You would also have been told that to reveal that you have a security clearance to those who don't need to know about it is, technically, a violation of SAEDAA.\n\nSince I'm assuming that you don't actually have a security clearance, because of the nature of the question, you're clear though unless you go claiming you have a clearance (or a higher clearance than you actually have).\n\nFinally, on the off chance this is a serious but poorly thought out question, if you have a clearance you might have, in your personnel file, a letter or confirmation of the results of the Security Clearance application.  If you are in the service you migth be able to find this by logging onto your service's web portal and accessing iPERMS, then browsing the documents in your electronic file.  This is not a definitive answer as soem records simoly don't get scanned into iPERMS sometimes and there is a backlog of documents to be scanned.  So, the only definite way to find out is, as stated earlier, to ask your security officer.
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I read in an article that there is a data base that employers can use.  It is not set up to handle the volume of requests and verifications necessary, however.  It has been essentially used on a trial basis.  The Immigration Department maintains it and processes requests.
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just to spy on military secrets...
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This is a pretty sophisticated device so I'd bet it was put in where you work. If your work is bothering to filter things, you can bet they are going to be auditing, too--- checking to see who is trying to beat the system and break the rules. So if you like your job and want to keep it, don't even bother.