Get U.S. Federal Form Sf-85p-page-8

Public trust determinations are requested for applicants whose positions will require access to information at the high- or moderate-risk levels, based upon duties and responsibilities of the position. A public trust background investigation will include many aspects of a full security clearance investigation.

Since public trust positions require your employment history for the past 7 years, the federal government will contact your employer. The government will ask about you, your work ethic, and your work history. This likely will require them to get in touch with your current employer.

They may discover the issue through those record checks (if it was documented). If your investigation is the type that doesn't automatically require an interview but they find the issue in the record check phase, they will schedule an interview to review it with you. They'll want to know “your side” so to speak.

Public Trust investigations can take anywhere from 6 months to over a year depending on the level, complexity, backlog, and priority.

The SF-85 and SF-85P are for non-sensitive positions and Public Trusts and the SF-86 is for national security clearances. A properly completed questionnaire is an important step to ensuring a complete and thorough background investigation.

One document you need to fill out for a public trust security clearance is Standard Form 85 (SF85). The lengthy application requires full disclosure about confidential information for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to review.

Possessing illegal drugs; Being diagnosed with drug dependence or drug abuse by a medical provider; Being found to have a drug abuse or dependence issue by a social worker who is a staff member of a drug treatment program; Failing to successfully complete a prescribed drug treatment program; and.

The SF 85P will be used by the Federal Government in conducting background investigations and reinvestigations of persons under consideration for, or retention of, public trust positions. The SF 85PS is supplemental to the SF 85P and is used only after an offer of employment has been made.