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Originally Posted by tsofian
The cost of such things has risen considerable, not counting inflation. There is so much more data available on a person now, so many more things to check. in the period from 1960-1990 a security clearance didn't have to check credit scores, on line sources, social media. In addition people tended to be less mobile and do less job hopping, which makes a background check a lot simpler.
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Conversely, costs are reduced in some areas because of the glut of online information. Where you had to have investigators on the ground performing exhaustive individual interviews, you now can get the big picture by "Google it".