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i work for a "union" mechanical contractor. the reason i note union is because 99.9% of our work is for the government, ie oak ridge (y-12, x-10 etc) a large percentage of the guys who do the work have q-clearances. they go through a serious background investigation, most of the time it takes up to a year to get these clearances. they run a 10 year history initially - your "whole" family, where you lived, people who knew you then, where you worked, what schooling you had/have, military history, credit history, arrest history - anything and everything. after their approval they are reinvestigated every 5 years - same stuff. the paperwork alone is extensive, just because most of the guys travel to where the work is. they sign a release form for the credit, medical and personnel records, so when the p.i.'s show up they show me the form then i tell 'em what i know.
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