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Workforce

Average security-clearance-processing speed, hits a speed bump

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Workforce

An outside look at security-clearance process, reveals some flaws

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Inside the IC

Report pushes agencies to focus on 'candidate experience' during security clearance process

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Federal Newscast

Mental-health struggles remain concern for those seeking security clearances, survey shows

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Defense News

Joint insider threat office among Pentagon’s solutions to Discord leaks

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Ask the CIO

Congress, Biden administration continue push to reduce security clearance timeline

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Federal Newscast

Another attempt to lessen the effect prior marijuana use has on getting a security clearance

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Federal Newscast

Security clearance holders, be on the lookout for latest phishing attempt

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Hiring/Retention

‘This would be wild’: Officials lay out ambitious goals for federal employee vetting

This undated aerial photo shows the Los Alamos National laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads. The contenders are the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. At stake are hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars in federal funding to either revamp existing buildings or construct new factories. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Technology

How China takes American know-how and technology right from under our noses

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Inside the IC

DCSA opens ‘front door’ to next-gen background investigation system

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Intelligence Community

Why mental health issues don't have to get in the way of security clearance

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Intelligence Community

Is the security clearance process biased? Intel leaders aim to find out

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Intelligence Community

Officials considering updates to how security clearance process treats mental health

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Workforce Rights/Governance

How to boost your chances of getting that crucial security clearance

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Inside the IC

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

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