INSA

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.

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Industry says security clearance transfer paves way for long-awaited modernization

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DoD photo by Sgt. Amber I. Smith

DoD to reorganize, create new security clearance organization

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Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence

Common suitability, security clearance standards are coming within a year, ODNI says

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White House, Pentagon cyber strategies give more leeway to fight back

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Kirstjen Nielsen

Industry seeks easy fixes to lengthy, redundant vetting process for DHS contractors

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Intel community still doesn’t know how it should fix security clearance problem

Leaders in the intelligence community are still performing a balancing act between employee freedom and security issues.

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NBIB to test new security clearance process for federal employees

The National Background Investigations Bureau plans ‘human testing’ this fall to improve the federal security clearance process.

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Same obstacles plague small and large agencies in setting up insider threat programs

The Office of Personnel Management was the sixth agency to achieve final operating capability on an insider threat program. But OPM is among the few agencies who have set up such programs. Small agencies say cultural barriers, lack of resources and legal and privacy questions are among the obstacles preventing them from meeting the goal, but insider threat experts say those problems aren’t unique.

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