What is a special background investigation?

A Special Background Investigation (SBI) was the minimum investigative requirement for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) or for participation in certain other Special Access Required (SAR) and Extremely Sensitive Information programs.

What is a Top Secret background check?

A Top Secret, or “TS”, clearance, is often given as the result of a Single Scope Background Investigation, or SSBI. Top Secret clearances, in general, afford one access to data that affects national security, counterterrorism/counterintelligence, or other highly sensitive data.

What is a Tier 3 background investigation?

T3 is the investigation required for positions designated as non-critical sensitive and/or requiring eligibility for “L” access or access to Confidential or Secret information. T3R is the reinvestigation product required for the same positions. The Standard Form (SF) 86 is used to conduct these investigations.

How far back does a Top Secret background check go?

ten years
Security Clearance Adjudicative Process The clearance process for Secret level access uses an investigation called the National Agency Check with Law and Credit that goes back five years, while the clearance process for Top Secret uses a Single Scope Background Investigation that goes back ten years.

Do all Top Secret clearances require a polygraph?

Polygraph tests accompany some Top Secret or TS/SCI clearances; however, they are not required to obtain either type of clearance and are not part of the clearance background investigation.

How far back does a secret clearance go?

Security Clearance Adjudicative Process The clearance process for Secret level access uses an investigation called the National Agency Check with Law and Credit that goes back five years, while the clearance process for Top Secret uses a Single Scope Background Investigation that goes back ten years.

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What is a Tier 5 background investigation?

A Tier 5 investigation is required for a Top Secret clearance, for DOE “Q” access authorization, or to hold a critical sensitive position. It is also required for all levels of access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and some other Special Access Program (SAP) information.

What is a Tier 4 investigation?

(4) Tier 4 – Non-Sensitive High Risk (Public Trust) positions. (5) Tier 5 – Critical Sensitive positions requiring Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Access Eligibility. 2.2 IMPLEMENTING INVESTIGATIONS.

What happens if you fail a CI polygraph?

A failed counterintelligence polygraph is not grounds for dismissal, it is grounds for an investigation to see if there has indeed been any security breach. But because of the wide range of human reactions, errors do happen – both false positive and false negative.