Cost of a Base

[tsofian]

Originally Posted by cosmicfish

My employer had the total rate at $30k for the investigation, but much of that cost is borne by the government. And that is just the investigation, not counting recruiting costs. In practice, TMP would be much more expensive.

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.