I suspect that nothing will really change, to include the various IC agencies having the right to do their own BI's and adjudications, at least for direct hire folks. Also don't look for State Dept to join in on the fun. Same for FBI. Not sure about the DHS agencies but I suspect they will do their own adjudications.

And any OPM investigators who have been doing this a while who started out with DSS (or maybe DIS before that) will be back in DoD. But as somebody pointed out, NBIB is moving lock stock and barrel from OPM to DoD... so what changed? I suppose now there will be some Deputy Assistant Under Deputy Assistant Secretary in USD(I) or someplace who will now have this new monster (DSCA?) under their purview.

In light of breathing air back into our dead forum, my timeline went as follows:

Applied: April 8th, 2019
Hiring Event Invitation: May 21st, 2019
Hiring Event/CJO: July 12th, 2019
SF86 Submission: July 23rd, 2019
BI Interview: August 8th, 2019
CPC: August 25th, 2019
Successful adjudication/Clearance email: September 30th, 2019
Hiring Manager inquiring about interest over phone: November 26th, 2019
Pre-FJO Resume Request: January 16th, 2020
FJO: January 23rd, 2020

“Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.” Hang in there everyone.

The phone call was very basic; just asked whether or not I was still interested in working with the Agency, no details into the actual position or even the broader career specialty for that matter. I was in the same boat as you however, very little information available regarding my career specialty, but given the mission of the Agency and how the career field fits into it, I am pretty optimistic.

Isn't a "developed" character reference one that the background investigation finds on their own. For instance, I gave the three people that know me well, and a person who knows me at the place I live. However, they interviewed my downstairs neighbor who I didn't list. They "developed" that reference on their own.

I saw him at the mailbox and he said "sone woman from the government was called me up and was asking about you"

Edited by user Friday, January 24, 2020 12:19:22 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hello everyone! Has anyone received an FJO during COVID?

True, but I thought I saw they were still pushing ahead with FJOs, albeit at a slower rate. For entry-level candidates, how rare is it to receive an FJO for an overseas location?

It partly depends on your career field. Your career field is analysis, isn't it? Most analysts either start out at DIA HQ or at a stateside COCOM like CENTCOM. If your career field was mission management, then you'd have a much better chance of receiving an overseas billet first thing. Because most entry-level mission management billets are outside of the National Capital Region and many are at overseas locations. I think afvetguy is a mission management guy.

Yeah, Stuttgart would be a nice place to be stationed at. A few years ago, someone on this forum got a billet at EUCOM. He was mission management also.

Edited by user Monday, October 19, 2020 11:15:29 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

If you're called, it'll probably be from either a 202 or 703 number. However, you'll receive your official FJO letter by email.

Hey all!

Hope things are going well for you!

Due to the longevity of waiting for the slow turtle to move along with this whole process, I have been applying and was given an FJO for a different company (not government). I have read this thread from start to finish, and understand it appears that even after going to CPC/background check, it can take some time to be cleared/adjudicated and then placed in the long-haul for the Cleared Pool. That is assuming I can even pass the aforementioned.

For anybody who knows, will it hurt me to start this interim work, if I have to report it on the forms for the background check when it happens? It seems like shooting myself in the foot, if I have to let the organization know about my working for another company, who will then be visited by certain investigators. I obviously will report it, as lying on the paperwork is a means for termination of the process, but just wanted some perspective of things.

Thanks!