Security-Cleared Population Continues to Shrink June 30, 2016
The number of people with security clearances for access to classified information dropped in 2015 for the second year in a row, according to a new report to…
Read moreThe number of people with security clearances for access to classified information dropped in 2015 for the second year in a row, according to a new report to…
Read moreA directive signed by the Director of National Intelligence yesterday formally authorizes the use of social media by official investigators who are conducting background investigations for…
Read moreThe total number of employees and contractors holding security clearances for access to classified information at the Department of Defense dropped by a hefty 900,000 between 2013 and 2016 —…
Read moreUnder a requirement recently enacted by Congress, intelligence agency employees who hold clearances for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) must report any employment with a foreign government entity for up to…
Read moreThe Department of Defense “is moving forward with the development of its insider threat and personnel security reform efforts,” wrote Michael G. Vickers, then-Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) in an…
Read moreThe number of people in the Department of Defense holding security clearances for access to classified information declined by 100,000 in the first six months of FY2015.
Read moreThe Department of Defense recently demonstrated the “Continuous Evaluation” of approximately 100,000 cleared military, civilian and contractor personnel, in order to validate their eligibility for access to classified information on…
Read moreThe number of persons holding security clearances for access to classified information decreased by more than 635,000 (or 12.3 percent) last year, according to a new report to…
Read moreIn a significant retrenchment of the national security bureaucracy, the Department of Defense has reduced the number of employees and contractors who hold security clearances in the past two years…
Read moreThe number of people who hold security clearances for access to classified information has been reduced by ten percent, the White House said in budget request documents released this week.
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