Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
You're right, now that I think about it. One entity whose name ends in "Agency" would do this by changing their own rules. They would take a summer hire, do a limited background check, put them on the almighty box, and declare victory. To do the background investigation and vetting correctly would take more time than the co-op or summer hire would actually be working.
Well, when they make the rules, they can change them.
Thing is, that clearance still carries over if they want to come work full time down the road. As far as I know, it's still a full clearance with no strings attached.
Even our interns at my current company got the full clearance, but I know they did the full background check. Maybe because they worked for us 2-3 days a week that the company paid for it. 2 of them were hired full time recently.