clearance question: I passed my poly and had my clearance adjudicated. I am ts/sci eligible but still need to be read in on the SCI portion. I passed the clearance bout 3 months ago and when I cont...

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No worries. Normal government slovenliness.

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Isn’t that considered to be the ‘indoctrination’ part. If so, I think that process has been impacted by C19. I know that on a contract that I support at Booz the indoctrination process has been suspended for the time being.

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Yeah, no need to worry. Tons of backlog because of COVID.

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I think you’re ok. First off, the clearance process is notoriously slow. Secondly, I do think C19 has definitely adversely impacted the process.

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When I contacted the contract sponsoring it they said that they are still waiting on the government. Should I be worried... I know this takes a while but I’m wondering if anyone can clarify what could be stopping me from being “read in on the sci part.”
Any insight is greatly appreciated!!!

I took my poly back in Jan though before all this started (in the US at least). Do you guys still think it’s backed up because of covid?

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