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Why some security clearance cases are taking longer in recent months

The average timeline for investigating top-secret security clearance cases was on a steady rise throughout fiscal 2023.

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Spy agency leaders aim to change workforce perceptions about well-being, mental health

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New clearance ideas aim to make national security workforce more mobile, diverse

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OMB memo directs agencies to study federal customer experience barriers

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OMB sees 2022 as ‘most significant year’ for security clearance reform

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Pentagon security agency looks to expand ‘continuous vetting’ beyond DoD, add more data sources

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Pentagon security agency aims to get background investigations software on track

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Industry urges ramp-up of insider threat info sharing with security clearance changes on the way

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Warner tells ODNI, OPM to get moving on major security clearance reforms

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The future of continuous evaluation is just about here, and it has a different name

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Pressure’s on security clearance adjudications facilities, as investigation backlog drops

Progress with the security clearance inventory has put pressure on the Defense Department’s Consolidated Adjudications Facility, which is realigning resources…

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DoD changes name of security clearance agency, appoints new leadership

The Defense Department has officially assumed responsibility for the governmentwide security clearance portfolio and has named new leadership to oversee…

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

A healthy inventory of pending security clearances is at last within reach, as the National Background Investigations Bureau prepares to transfer its resources, employees and authorities to the Defense Department by Oct. 1.

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