A public trust allows employees access to sensitive, but not classified, information. Applicants complete the SF-85 or SF-85P and go through a basic criminal and credit check. Public trust is a type of background check, but it’s not a security clearance. It’s easy to understand the misconception, as the forms are similar and the questions are nearly the same. But passing a public trust background check doesn’t mean you could get a security clearance - and, strangely, having a security clearance doesn’t give you the green light for a public trust position, either.

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