Security clearances
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Common standards across the suitability and security clearances processes may ease long-held frustrations from industry and the intelligence community.
October 30, 2018 -
This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss the state of the clearance job market and how the security clearance backlog is impacting the government workforce.
September 14, 2018 -
Federal security clearances may grab headlines, but the polygraph portion has gone virtually unchanged for decades. Now they're getting a closer look.
August 09, 2018 -
As part of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative, intelligence and industry communities are preparing to deliver their plan to reimagine the security clearance to Congress by the end of the year.
August 07, 2018 -
The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to authorize the transfer of the governmentwide security clearance program from the Office of Personnel Management and National Background Investigations Bureau to the Pentagon.
August 07, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an amendment in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act calls for investigating whether military or defense leaders found guilty of sexual assault or harassment should retain their security clearances.
August 03, 2018 -
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) said the security clearance backlog has reached an untenable point. He and his committee members are keeping an eye on the backlog.
July 31, 2018 -
The Senate took its turn to question the Trump administration about its government reorganization proposals and offered a much different take than members of the House oversight committee.
July 18, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Raphael Sanchez, former chief counsel for Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Office of Principal Legal Advisor used the identities of undocumented immigrants to open fraudulent lines of credit.
July 02, 2018 -
The administration also proposes moving OPM's current retirement services and health care and insurance offices to the General Services Administration, which would be renamed the "Government Services Agency."
June 21, 2018 -
The Trump administration may move several functions, including federal employee health and retirement benefits programs, from the Office of Personnel Management to other agencies.
June 19, 2018 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee's recent markup of the NDAA contains several provisions that are of interest to federal workers, including some related to chief human capital officers and security clearances.
June 15, 2018 -
What is the state of the clearance jobs market in 2018? Find out when Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access.
June 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department publishes the ratings of its 130 community living centers.
June 14, 2018 -
Congress once again is considering higher Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIPs) for civilian federal employees.
June 07, 2018