Apparently with the confirmation of Comrad Panetta as Sec. of Defense background checks have been suspended.
The nomenklatura always get a pass.
I have 2 employees that have been in the process for a TS clearance since last August. One just threw in the towel and took a job with
Google. Too bad. He’s a great team player and mentor to his co-workers. The other one is hanging in. It is very inconvenient to have staff on
the unclassified and classified sides of a project. It’s a necessary situation to have enough developer bandwidth to meet deadlines and keep the uncleared staff productive and engaged.