A receptionist is sought by the federal government’s pension benefits office. Candidates must be able to answer a telephone, greet visitors, sort mail and tend to the copy machine. And one other thing: They must pass a “security background investigation.”
No, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation isn’t a front for the CIA (at least, I don’t think so). Its policy reflects the recent requirement that almost every employee of the federal government have some form of security clearance.
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