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Federal Agency to Use AI to Improve Security Clearance Process

The National Background Investigation Service plans to launch its first artificial intelligence algorithm to accelerate review of federal security clearances, FedScoop reported Monday. The current clearance application requires paperwork, interviews with applicants’

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by Darwin McDaniel
April 16, 2019
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Sen. Warner Reintroduces Bill to Boost National Security

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., re-introduced a bill aiming to improve U.S. national security through a modernized security clearance system and a new workforce to handle national security and public safety missions. The Modernizing the

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by Darwin McDaniel
February 5, 2019
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DoD Preps to Stand New Office to Handle All Security Clearances

The Pentagon and the Office of Personnel Management plan to establish a joint office in 2019 to handle all security clearance investigations for the defense community, Nextgov reported Wednesday.

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by Darwin McDaniel
December 13, 2018
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Sen. Mark Warner Proposes Bill to Augment U.S. Security Clearance

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has introduced a bill that would aim to refine the nation's security clearance process. The Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act would task the executive

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by Nichols Martin
December 10, 2018
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Reports: OPM Chief Steps Down, Beth Cobert Named Acting Director

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta resigned from her position Friday, one day after the agency disclosed what it found in its investigation into the breaches on its computer systems, multiple media outlets

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by Anna Forrester
July 10, 2015
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Feds Disclose Attempted Federal Workforce Data Breach

Hackers based in China broke into the Office of Personnel Management‘s computer networks in March and the government believes they wanted to access data on security clearances, the New York Times reported Wednesday. A Department

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman
July 11, 2014
Government Technology/News
Barbara Mikulski: Maryland Forms Roundtable Group to Promote Cyber Job Creation

The state of Maryland assembled a group of government officials and industry executives to help develop programs to bolster cyber workforce development across the state, the Baltimore Business Journal reported May 28.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman
June 5, 2014
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ODNI: Gov’t-Issued Security Clearances Down 9% Since 2011

New data from the Office of the Director or National Intelligence indicates that agencies have issued 9 percent fewer security clearances to employees over the past three fiscal years, GovExec reported Friday. Eric

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman
April 29, 2014
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Faster Clearance Wait Times Largely Not Affecting Hiring, Survey Suggests

Government contractors, agencies and recruiters are largely not changing their hiring practices even though waiting times for clearances are decreasing, a ClearanceJobs.com survey indicates. Of the 472 hiring managers and recruiters surveyed

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by Ross
August 16, 2012
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TechAmerica Evaluates Contractor Clearance Process, Interagency Transfers

A recent TechAmerica survey of contractors claims the federal government is spending millions of public funds on redundant clearance systems, Federal Computer Week reports. According to Matthew Weigelt’s report, 74 percent of

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by Ross
August 13, 2012
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