Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 inductee, has concluded his assessment of findings and recommendations of a 45-day review of DOD’s security programs, procedures and policies
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has begun to collaborate with the National Background Investigations Bureau and the Office of Personnel Management to expedite the security clearance process and help reduce the investigation backlog,
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The State Department‘s office of inspector general has called on the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to address issues in its security clearance process. The OIG said in a report published July that certain
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President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that seeks to amend the federal governmentâs security clearance process as well as standards of suitability and fitness for employment, Federal News Radio reported
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A report published on Performance.gov says the Obama administration implemented several measures in 2016 as part of efforts to update the security clearance process, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Nicole Ogrysko writes such measures include
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National Intelligence Director James Clapper has signed a new policy that allows federal background investigators to use publicly-accessible social media information as an investigative tool in the security clearance process. ODNI said Friday the Security Executive
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