Security clearance timelines can stall hiring pipelines for six to 12 months before a candidate ever starts work.

In Nov. 2020, Jack Teixeira wrote a letter to the local police chief asking him to reconsider allowing him to own guns. The Dighton, Mass., police had denied the 18-year-old’s two previous requests ...

Two career White House security officials have testified in a closed door session with the House Oversight Committee that no political pressure was asserted on their office in determining security ...

Senior Airman Bernard Lee, USAF, Multinational Force–Iraq (MNF-I), plays the part of a contractor during a retinal scan demonstration at the MNF-I badging office. The scan is part of the security ...

We often are consulted on security clearance matters by federal employees and government contractors in the security clearance process. In many cases, the security clearance application, investigation ...

The Office of Personnel Management credits its advanced use of IT tools for cutting the time it takes to process federal personnel security clearances. The Office of Personnel Management credits its ...

The great disruption of a global pandemic hit every industry – but the national security workforce was largely inoculated from the largest setbacks. Many trends emerging in the cleared workforce today ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Addressing insider threats became paramount, and the government considered how its security vetting process could help identify red ...

Aug. 13—University of Toledo officials are backing away from plans to acquire security clearance to pursue government grants after the school's president determined the application process was too ...

I've been working at my new job (1099 contractor at a federal agency) for the past 5 weeks (plus 4 weeks on the bench) and it has been a pretty bad experience. A couple weeks ago another agency (W2 ...

Say the words “security clearance” in a conversation with defense contractors, and the vast majority has a tale to tell of long waits and missed opportunities. Those two words have people in ...