My offer was in Dec....my file has been sent over for the final stage earlier this month....in my wild hopes, since my background is very boring, that maybe just maybe it wouldnt take as long as what i have read on here but, who knows when my case will pop up for an adjudicator to review.

When you say "that other agency," are you talking about an agency that is in DoD or not? Because if it's another DoD agency, then it would probably be relevant for all of us and DIA. But if it's not another DoD agency, then it may not matter for DIA.

"The goal of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 which required each adjudication agency make a determination on at least 90% of all applications for a personnel security clearance within an average of 60 days after the date of receipt of the completed application for a security clearance by an authorized investigative agency. Such 60-day average period shall include a period of no longer than 40 days to complete the investigative phase of the clearance review and a period of no longer than 20 days to complete the adjudicative phase."

A lot has changed in 13 years...

Quite a few people don't stick around for the hiring process to finish, since it takes so long. Not many people can afford to wait 12 months. They're applying for these jobs for a reason. They're either recent college graduates working at Starbucks, experienced contractors looking for a long-term career, or are having a mid-life crisis and want to do something "productive", etc. Getting officially hired will also drastically change their lives. They'll have to locate housing, pack up everything, and move with an average of 30 days notice. Candidates with families have even more problems to worry about. So... now we get to ask ourselves, can I afford to wait or do I move on to something that doesn't require months of silence while the process completes? It's quite a feat to realize that for the past 3 months, I could have received a phone call, extending a FJO. It's more impressive to know that this can occur at any time, five days a week, for the next 9 months. Now if I was covered in honey and rolling around in one hundred dollar bills that whole time, I probably wouldn't care. Unfortunately, I'm out of honey... and I do care.

Many of them had pipe dreams of working in national security eventually because of what they saw in movies and video games but when asked if they wanted to enlist in intelligence? “Nah I don’t want to be a paper-pushing POG.” Ok, you’ve been warned, sign here I guess…