And I'll be on the sidelines, with my hands tied, watching the show. - Aimee Mann

Still no movement on the security clearance.

I have heard that when you reach three months in adjudication that the folks in the security clearance customer service section of the State Department can nudge the adjudicators.  Last Friday, I called to check in and ask for a few elbows to be thrown on my behalf.

First, I asked if I'd been cleared.  I had not.  I then asked when I'd actually made it into adjudication and found out that I'd made it at the end of September.  That means I'm now in my 15th week of adjudication.  The customer service representative said that it looked like my file was "starting to grow a beard".  He asked me to send him an email asking for an update, which he would then forward to my adjudicator.

With that email done, I'm back to the waiting.

The class at the end of March is still my goal, but the longer the adjudication drags, the more I think that is unrealistic.  Invites for March will probably go out in early or mid-February.