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(Photo courtesy of NIST)An employee swipes their personal identity verification (PIV) card

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

David Cattler, a longtime intelligence official, sees a range of both near- and long-term priorities in his new role as director at DCSA.

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When you leave service in national security, you just can’t go work anywhere.

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

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Congress, Biden administration continue push to reduce security clearance timeline

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

The new goals for positions requiring a security clearance or a public trust determination would drastically cut down the time it takes to onboard individuals.

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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)

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

Scientists from China work on sensitive projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, then go back to help China with what they’ve learned.

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

The introduction of “e-App” is a key development in an NBIS software project that’s considered the cornerstone of federal personnel vetting reforms.

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