Trusted Workforce 2.0

DCSA, backgound investigation, ITA, security clearance

Troubled background investigation system still under review at Pentagon

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee called the delays with the next-generation background investigation system a “disaster.”

IT Modernization

Defense counterintelligence, budget, Congress Defense, pentagon, science & technology

DCSA has a new roadmap for delayed background investigation IT system

Defense News

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An employee swipes their personal identity verification (PIV) card

Exclusive

New DCSA director sees a data-driven future for security clearances and more

Defense News

Hatch Act, political activity, elections

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

National Background Investigation Services

Goodbye SF-86? OMB approves new ‘Personnel Vetting Questionnaire’

Inside the IC

IG finds former DCSA director sexually harassed employee, misused his position

Defense News

Lawmakers find room for classification reforms in compromise NDAA

Intelligence Community

Why some security clearance cases are taking longer in recent months

Defense News

Continuous vetting for everyone by when?

Federal Report

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

Defense News

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

Inside the IC

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

The Pentagon is taking steps to tighten access to classified info and share more information about security clearance holders across the department in…

Defense News

Congress, Biden administration continue push to reduce security clearance timeline

OPM and DCSA are making policy and technology changes are part of the implementation of the Trusted Workforce 2.0.

Ask the CIO

Confusion over weed policies may be blunting new recruits for intelligence agencies

Intelligence Community

Many young people are confused about whether past marijuana use prevents them from getting a security clearance. And others say they wouldn’t stop using to obtain a clearance.