security clearance backlog

OMB sees 2022 as ‘most significant year’ for security clearance reform

After digging out of a massive backlog of background investigations, agencies are walking a tightrope to modernize a decades-old process.

Defense News

(Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)

Trusted Workforce and federal background checks initiatives have a reliable home — now what?

Workforce

While the security clearance process is improving, adjudications could use some attention

Workforce

2 trends driving vendor, agency relationships

Contracts/Awards

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

How NBIB slashed the security clearance backlog by 300,000 in nearly a year

NBIB Transfer to DoD

The clearance job market: An update

Fed Access

How a simple tweet opened frustration floodgates over security clearances

Reporter's Notebook

Lynn Dugle is the CEO, chairman and president of Engility.

Contractors no longer operating in ‘scarcity’ mode

Contracts/Awards

Capt. Thomas Beltz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, closes in to refuel with a KC-10 Extender over the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 10, 2018. The 514th AMW is an Air Force Reserve Command unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J..

How the Air Force made a dent in its 79,000 security clearance backlog

Air Force

Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence

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

Workforce

An update on the clearance job market

Fed Access

Whistleblower protections & more

Debra D’Agostino, founding partner of The Federal Practice Group, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss whistle blower protections…

Fed Access

The clearance job market in 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…

Fed Access

Lance Armstrong ordered to pay Postal Service $5 million

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department settles a lawsuit that alleges Armstrong violated sponsorship agreements his cycling team had with USPS.