The great disruption of a global pandemic hit every industry – but the national security workforce was largely inoculated from the largest setbacks. Many trends emerging in the cleared workforce today ...

GAO warns that quality of security reviews remains difficult to measure. What: "Personnel Security Clearances: Full Development and Implementation of Metrics Needed to Measure Quality of Process," a ...

With the new Biden Administration beginning in January, 2021 it is important to look at the issue of who can qualify to hold a position in the new Administration. For several years (e.g. Bush 1, ...

Americans increasingly feel comfortable seeking mental health care, a beneficial change that should spur U.S. national-security and industry leaders to remove stigmas that have long caused clearance ...

In Nov. 2020, Jack Teixeira wrote a letter to the local police chief asking him to reconsider allowing him to own guns. The Dighton, Mass., police had denied the 18-year-old’s two previous requests ...

The Office of Personnel Management credits its advanced use of IT tools for cutting the time it takes to process federal personnel security clearances. The Office of Personnel Management credits its ...

We often are consulted on security clearance matters by federal employees and government contractors in the security clearance process. In many cases, the security clearance application, investigation ...

The Defense Department is beginning to see the fruits of efforts to streamline processes for personnel security clearances, including improvements in speed and efficiency of background investigations, ...

Say the words “security clearance” in a conversation with defense contractors, and the vast majority has a tale to tell of long waits and missed opportunities. Those two words have people in ...

The federal government has improved the speed and efficiency of its security clearance process, but challenges remain with technology and collaboration, officials said on Tuesday. Agency leaders ...

Senior Airman Bernard Lee, USAF, Multinational Force–Iraq (MNF-I), plays the part of a contractor during a retinal scan demonstration at the MNF-I badging office. The scan is part of the security ...