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Trump makes security clearance transfer official with executive order

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No change in prices as DoD prepares for security clearance transfer

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2020 budget sheds little light on details behind the proposed OPM reorganization

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Reporter's Notebook

How a simple tweet opened frustration floodgates over security clearances

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Federal Newscast

Head of NSA, Cyber Command has 'classified' opinion on splitting the roles

National Background Investigation Bureau Director Charlie Phalen testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee as lawmakers examine problems and practices of issuing security clearances to government employees, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
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Defense News

As NBIB shrinks the security clearance backlog, other personnel vetting agencies feel the pressure

Capt. Thomas Beltz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, closes in to refuel with a KC-10 Extender over the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 10, 2018. The 514th AMW is an Air Force Reserve Command unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J..
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Air Force

How the Air Force made a dent in its 79,000 security clearance backlog

National Background Investigation Bureau Director Charlie Phalen testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee as lawmakers examine problems and practices of issuing security clearances to government employees, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Reorganization

Despite skepticism, DoD, NBIB insist pending security clearance transfer will be seamless

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Reorganization

DoD to reorganize, create new security clearance organization

File - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, with sailors lining the dock and deck of the USS O'Kane, Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Emory, center, arrives at a surprise ceremony honoring him in Honolulu. Emory, who pushed for the remains of those buried as unknowns to be identified, has died. He was 97. He spent the past few decades doggedly pushing for the remains of those buried as unknowns to be dug up, identified and returned to their families. A spokesman for Navy Region Hawaii says according to family members, Emory died Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in a hospital in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
Reporter's Notebook

Navy making new moves to reduce background investigation backlog

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Workforce

'Time to change the rules' for the security clearance process, its leaders say

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Federal Newscast

Trump taps health care investigator for new VA accountability position

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Major IT firm gets $49 million OTA to build DoD's new background investigation system

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Workforce

Agencies offer reassurance to employees impacted by Trump reorganization plans

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Trump reorg report proposes significant shift of OPM services

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th anniversary celebration, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Workforce

Trump reorganization plan may spell major changes for OPM