He has a number of factors that will cost him money. Filling out government
forms for a personal clearance cost only his work hours. For a facility
clearance he will need to make changes to his plant to control entry and
exit of personnel and materiel.

That said, no vender gets a security clearance until they have a government
contract which requires the handling of classified material. His contract
bid must include the costs for security. He will find he needs at least one
full time security officer for any contract of significant dollars.

His government customer's contracting officer can point him toward the
applicable government regulations, or he could contact a regional DOD
auditing or contracting office (they should be listed under the U. S.
government in the nearest metropolitan region's phone book).

Good luck,

WDA

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"Charlie Wolf" wrote in message
...
I had a brief discussion with a gentleman last night and the President
of our local Community Development group and this gentleman is
interested in moving a high tech business into our small rural town.
He says the basis for the work is photonics. I told him about some of
my background ( BS Comp. Science, retired Navy enlisted with top
security clearance) and he asked me how much money it costs a company
to obtain govt. clearances for a defense contract. I told him I
didn't know but I thought it was expensive. Maybe some of you in this
group have some experience with that, hence my questions:

What would it cost a company to obtain a security clearance for - say
for example - a recent college graduate with no prior govt. or DoD
experience?

Would it make a difference if the clearance was TS or Crypto? I
assume this guy has some kind of comm tech in mind.

What would it cost for the company to get a clearance for a military
retiree who has been out a short time (less than 3 years)?

What would it cost for the company to get a clearance for a military
retiree who has been out a longer time (more than 10 years)?

What agency does this for such a company? NSA? DoD? FBI? others?

Would any of you have a point of contact that you could give me to get
more information?

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated...
Regards,