COVID-19 has created a wealth of different risks for people around the world. But in the United States, another unexpected consequence is the influence of the pandemic on government security clearances.
The White House says a new agency-level appeals process for clearance denials could expose classified information, increase processing time.
There's no let up in the demand for scientists, engineers and management professionals to staff the nation's nuclear enterprise. NNSA and its contractors are looking to hire about 600 people.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media once conducted background investigations and adjudications on its own employees, but after years of mismanagement, the Office of Personnel Management has revoked those authorities from the broadcasting agency. Revoking an agency's investigative authorities is "exceedingly rare," OPM said.
In the face of the coronavirus and the multiple compounding crises connected with this pandemic, how could a failure to meet financial obligations affect your security clearance?
When the government vets people for security clearance, some small differences show up in how it looks at federal employees and contractors.
Concerns of another data breach hitting the government is looming over federal cyber efforts.
In today's Federal Newscast, Open Season is underway and the Office of Personnel Management says it has updated its tool for participants to compare plans.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department is looking to reward four contractors who make an effort to hire qualified disabled people.
FEDtalk Last week, President Trump signed an executive order officially moving all security clearance functions under the purview of the Department of Defense. To find out what this change means for the process, the backlog,…
In today's Federal Newscast, a version of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act is introduced into the Senate.
Members of Congress may be rude, but the Government Accountability Office, the federal oversight agency, sticks to the facts.
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want to hear from the Indian Health Service's acting director about what he's done to improve on an apparent failure of the agency to provide quality health care.
How the heck does owning a legal stock raise questions about someone's trustworthiness?
In today's Federal Newscast, more time has been given for companies to come up with new ideas for the security clearance process.