DoD Official Reports on Security Clearance Process The Defense Department has taken several initiatives to control clearances after a mass shooting by a contract employee.
Massachusetts Congressman Introduces Bill to Reform Security Clearance Congressman Stephen F. Lynch introduced comprehensive legislation to reform the security clearance process.
2014 Winter Security Clearance Decisions It's important to know that most security clearance applications are cleared, but some applicants get rejected.
Reviews Recommend Changes in Installation Security The panel recommends that the Defense Department replace the underlying premise behind installation and personnel security.
Tester Will 'Remain Vigilant' on Clearance Review Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) released this statement after the Office of Management and Budget released its review of the...
Tax Dollars Drained: the Underground Bureaucracy The facility that processes background investigations for security clearances now costs more than $1 billion annually.
Clearance Checks: US Senator Reacts to Watchdogs U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill pledged to continue her push to strengthen security clearance background checks.
2014 Spring Security Clearance Decisions Here are a few examples of security clearance applicants who didn't quite make it, who did and the reasons why.
CID Launches Online Application Portal CID agents are sworn federal officers, responsible for investigating felony-level crime where there is an Army nexus.
Secret Service Wants to Be the No. 1 E-Crime Deterrent The head of the agency's Criminal Investigations Division speaks about the evolution of USSS global cybercrime fighting...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...