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Trusted Workforce and federal background checks initiatives have a reliable home — now what?

No matter how you look at it, the process for investigating people and granting them security clearance has been a hairball for decades.

Federal Newscast

Legislators look to make Oversight.gov a permanent fixture

Workforce

Budget shortfalls obstruct needed improvements across OPM, IG says

OPM Reorganization

OPM-GSA merger may be on hold, but administration wants to spend $70M on it next year

Workforce

Exclusive Dark cloud over OPM leaves employees fearing long-term damage

NBIB Transfer to DoD

DoD: Initial security clearance transfer complete, now real work begins

Workforce

Enrolling more security clearance holders in continuous evaluation could save billions

This Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 photo shows the United States Postal Service Delaware Processing and Distribution center in New Castle, Del., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. A law enforcement official says a package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden appears similar to packages containing bombs sent to prominent Democrats and has been intercepted at a Delaware mail facility. The FBI confirms there is law enforcement activity at the U.S. mail facility. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Federal Newscast

Postal Service managers suing for higher pay

NBIB Transfer to DoD

NBIB employees get official offers to transfer to DoD's security clearance agency

Defense News

Upcoming policy changes shaping DoD's newly renamed security clearance agency

OPM retirement

OPM Reorganization

GSA seeks industry proposals to begin OPM IT modernization

OPM/GSA merger

OPM Reorganization

Senate Democrats ask administration for alternative budget options to OPM-GSA merger

FILE-In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department is expected to issue its new regulations on overtime in 2019, which employees must be given overtime, and which are exempt. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Federal Newscast

Federal contractors could get favorable treatment for hiring disabled workers

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Commentary

Background investigations moving from OPM to DoD, what comes next will make or break them

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees on Tuesday protested against the Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger. (Nicole Ogrysko/Federal News Network)

OPM Reorganization

'We're terrified.' AFGE members rally against proposed OPM-GSA merger

Charlie Phalen, NBIB

NBIB Transfer to DoD

DoD changes name of security clearance agency, appoints new leadership

Donald Trump

Federal Newscast

White House wants at least one-third of federal advisory committees gone

Nicole Ogrysko, Charlie Phalen, NBIB

NBIB Transfer to DoD

How NBIB slashed the security clearance backlog by 300,000 in nearly a year

Rep. Gerry Connolly is promising more oversight next year of the EIS contract.

OPM Reorganization

Congress not yet convinced of Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger

OPM reorg

OPM Reorganization

'Greatest risk we have is doing nothing:' Trump administration details case for OPM reorg

OPM

Workforce

Trump administration cites OPM's financial uncertainty in making case for reorganization

Workforce

NBIB prepping people, contracts and IT ahead of security clearance transfer to DoD

OPM, HR QSMO, security clearance

Workforce

Industry says security clearance transfer paves way for long-awaited modernization

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