Good question. I know my LEO husband had to be re certified OFTEN for everything from carrying a gun to teaching an LEO class. Nothing permanent came with the state job. Once he retired, he couldn’t look up tag numbers, criminal history’s...nothing. Guess one would say, “He lost his clearance.”
I don’t get how these federal employees have life time rights to security clearance without just cause. Needs to be fixed.
I don't think that is true - I have a certain level of clearance, nowhere near security, but sensitive information may pass my hands that ought not be made public. Every 5 years, I get to fill out a lengthy form, which is followed by the feds calling the 3 acquaintances that I have listed as references, digging into my criminal record (or lack thereof), and checking my credit score. My side takes a half hour, they take a month or two.
The ironic thing is that if I had the same position in the private sector, no such clearance is required. For us, this is more of a tool that is available to (hopefully) weed out the deadwood. As if Uncle Sam ever does that.