background checks

• Senate bill calls for random background checks for clearance holders

  Five senators introduce bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing how the Office of Personnel Management handles the clearances of federal employees and contractors to access classified information. If enacted, the legislation would require OPM conduct random, automated reviews twice every five years of public records and databases for information about individuals with security clearances.

  Congress

  October 30, 2013
• Security checks affect NASA and beyond

  Weighing privacy vs. security after 9/11, the Supreme Court seems unwilling to stop federal investigations into the private lives of people who want to work at government installations _ even those who don\'t have security clearances and don\'t work on secret projects. Attorney Debra Roth explains.

  Federal Drive

  October 14, 2010
• GAO: OPM background checks need better privary protection (

  A Government Accountability Office report said the Office of Personnel Management needs to do a better job of protecting private information when conducting background checks.

  Budget

  October 08, 2010