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Subject	User	Views	Replies	Rating	Last Reply
Still waiting for secret clearqnce	Anxious	65	3	1	2/16/2017 @ 9:15 pm
Bureau Placement	Waiting	56	1	1	2/16/2017 @ 9:13 pm
E-QIP/Materials Deadline	Visitor	55	1	0	2/16/2017 @ 9:17 pm
qQIP Registration problem	SummerIntern	62	5	0	2/16/2017 @ 6:58 pm
Visitor	Not Received Eqip Information	35	1	1	2/16/2017 @ 5:14 pm
Fingerprinting Italy	visitor	49	3	0	2/16/2017 @ 2:52 pm
E-qip conformation	Visitor	108	1	0	2/15/2017 @ 9:18 am
Security Clearance Timing	Worried	111	0	0	2/15/2017 @ 1:23 am
foreign contacts	Visitor	108	1	0	2/14/2017 @ 5:45 pm
Proof of Citizenship	Primary Selectee	97	3	0	2/16/2017 @ 3:09 pm
Spring Security Clearance/Summer Internship	Umm	186	4	1	2/15/2017 @ 9:40 am
Spring internship	Intern	64	0	0	2/14/2017 @ 11:29 am
Conditional email	Intern	142	4	1	2/14/2017 @ 5:57 pm
Conditional Offer Email	BNF	195	5	0	2/14/2017 @ 10:42 am
Fingerprinting	2017Student	104	1	0	2/14/2017 @ 2:14 pm
Reciprocity of clearance	Intern	123	3	1	2/13/2017 @ 5:02 pm
Extension	Student	98	1	0	2/14/2017 @ 11:38 am
Fingerprints	Alternate	94	1	0	2/14/2017 @ 11:45 am
eQIP registration failed	Student	82	1	0	2/13/2017 @ 12:46 pm
reapplying to intern	student2017	166	1	0	2/10/2017 @ 9:26 pm
waiting anxiously	stressed	303	4	0	2/12/2017 @ 3:36 pm
Still waiting	So Done	241	2	0	2/10/2017 @ 5:24 pm
Mailing Problem	Guest	254	5	0	2/13/2017 @ 8:22 am
Security Clearance	Deferred Student	174	1	0	2/13/2017 @ 8:12 am
e-QIP release confirmation	Primary	178	1	0	2/9/2017 @ 10:13 pm
Response back?	Alternate	310	4	0	2/10/2017 @ 9:55 am
Sf-86 locked out	intern hopeful	223	4	0	2/9/2017 @ 5:46 pm
Confirmation of Clearance Materials?	Wondering!	271	1	1	2/8/2017 @ 9:31 pm
Conditional Email	Intern	162	0	2	2/8/2017 @ 2:54 pm
Still waiting	Upset	267	2	1	2/9/2017 @ 3:58 am
Conditional Email	Alternate	148	0	0	2/8/2017 @ 10:55 am
Re-validation Security Clearance Question	Concerned	171	1	0	2/13/2017 @ 2:07 pm
Conditional	Questioning	263	3	0	2/8/2017 @ 1:37 pm
Bureau assignment	Intern	322	3	0	2/8/2017 @ 10:44 am
INR Bureau	Intern	117	0	0	2/7/2017 @ 8:57 pm
Budget cuts and cancelled internship.	intern hopeful	325	2	0	2/7/2017 @ 9:56 pm
Summer 2017 statistics	PAB_SME	492	4	1	2/7/2017 @ 5:42 pm
Bureaus	Intern2017	153	0	0	2/7/2017 @ 12:06 pm
Fingerprint cards	Confused	476	7	2	2/7/2017 @ 8:38 am
LES Question	Maria	150	0	0	2/6/2017 @ 4:19 pm
Notifications	Very Confused	289	3	0	2/6/2017 @ 7:07 pm
fingerprinting	studying abroad	209	1	0	2/7/2017 @ 10:01 am
eqip registration code doesn't work	Intern	201	1	2	2/5/2017 @ 11:34 pm
Notifications	Confused	456	3	2	2/6/2017 @ 2:31 pm
Bureau assignments	Intern2017	321	0	0	2/3/2017 @ 12:48 pm
untitled	Waiting	474	4	2	2/3/2017 @ 6:31 pm
Fingerprinting?	Abroad	249	1	2	2/9/2017 @ 9:11 am
Accepted	Conditional offer letter	321	1	1	2/3/2017 @ 11:12 am
E-IQP registration code	Hanin	331	1	1	2/2/2017 @ 8:43 pm
Alternate or Primary	Caitlin	462	2	2	2/2/2017 @ 1:57 pm
Notifications	Still waiting	704	8	11	2/2/2017 @ 8:05 pm
Notification 2/2	2/2	294	1	3	2/2/2017 @ 2:08 pm
Security Clearance Question	Alternate	344	1	4	2/2/2017 @ 11:51 am
Any one else awaiting the conditional letter yet ?	Prospective Intern	430	3	4	2/7/2017 @ 8:33 am
Alternative Candidate	Kellyanne Conway	733	4	13	2/1/2017 @ 9:30 pm
Hiring Freeze guidance on Recent Graduate	Recent Graduate	458	3	1	2/2/2017 @ 2:19 pm
Alternate	The One	331	1	2	2/1/2017 @ 7:15 pm
MESSAGE FOR SUMMER 2017 APPLICANTS	PAB_SME	1108	10	13	2/10/2017 @ 9:19 am
Anyone else still in the waiting game?	Still waiting	525	6	2	2/1/2017 @ 6:25 pm
Security Clearance	Springintern	271	0	0	2/1/2017 @ 2:30 pm
Notifications?	waiting	417	3	5	2/1/2017 @ 2:41 pm
EQIP trouble	Intern2017	362	1	2	2/1/2017 @ 2:16 pm
Alternates	Visitor	376	1	3	2/1/2017 @ 11:58 am
Selected	Notifications 2/1	818	7	15	2/1/2017 @ 12:15 pm
Notifications	Confused as everyone else	707	5	1	2/1/2017 @ 12:00 pm
Notification on 1/31	Non-select	597	2	20	2/1/2017 @ 5:39 am
General Discussion: Where did you apply, and why?	Another Dude	527	5	9	2/1/2017 @ 7:51 am
Internship	Visitor	319	0	1	1/31/2017 @ 6:20 pm
Internship Notification	Jack	582	1	3	1/31/2017 @ 5:12 pm
Notifications	Anxious	2240	15	7	1/31/2017 @ 7:54 pm
Security Clearance Process?	Intern	700	2	1	1/31/2017 @ 10:59 am
Decision Notification	Anxious	5255	41	22	2/1/2017 @ 10:14 am
Tentative Offer	Intern Hopeful	697	3	6	2/1/2017 @ 7:05 am
Summer State Department Intern	Intern Hopeful	649	1	6	1/30/2017 @ 10:18 am
Conditional Offer	Monametsi	498	1	4	1/30/2017 @ 2:11 pm
Selection Contact	Intern Applicant	583	2	3	1/30/2017 @ 2:01 pm
Security Clearance Process	Visitor	557	3	5	1/30/2017 @ 7:09 am
INR internship	Student	852	4	7	1/31/2017 @ 7:42 am
Freeze and Reasonable accomdation	Kk	679	3	2	1/26/2017 @ 3:51 pm
What does hiring freeze mean for student extensions	Student	517	1	4	1/25/2017 @ 12:32 pm
Trump Federal Hiring Freeze	MEG93	960	1	2	1/24/2017 @ 6:08 pm
Application Referred for Additional Consideration	potentialintern	693	1	3	1/23/2017 @ 5:55 pm
Noncompetitive conversions	C.S.	757	5	4	1/30/2017 @ 2:06 pm
Hiring freeze?	Jen	4724	15	17	2/10/2017 @ 8:42 am
Trump Federal Hiring Freeze?	2017 Summer Applicant	6769	12	14	2/10/2017 @ 1:31 pm
Primary candidate	embassy intern candidate	839	1	8	1/20/2017 @ 10:13 pm
USUN	Summer 2017	987	5	-1	1/30/2017 @ 12:19 pm
Hiring freeze and noncompetitive conversion from pathways	Visitor	2136	12	32	2/2/2017 @ 11:48 am
United Nations?	Applicant	830	2	8	1/25/2017 @ 9:23 pm
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs	Applicant	1978	8	7	2/2/2017 @ 6:37 pm
Summer 2017 Internship Applications	David	3354	11	7	1/31/2017 @ 12:11 pm
Internship at US Embassy in Kabul	Darius V.	4111	5	6	1/21/2017 @ 9:15 am
e-QIP Login Failed	Spring16	15639	9	40	1/26/2017 @ 9:31 pm

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