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…
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Using Social Media in Background Investigations May 13, 2016
A 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 moreDoD Security Clearances Down by 900K Since 2013 April 6, 2016
The 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 moreFormer Intelligence Employees Must Report Foreign Jobs February 17, 2016
Under 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 moreInsider Threat Program Inches Forward January 7, 2016
The 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 moreDoD Security-Cleared Population Drops Again October 7, 2015
The 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 moreInsider Threat Program Advances, Slowly June 24, 2015
The 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 moreSecurity-Cleared Population Declined by 12% Last Year April 27, 2015
The 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 moreDoD Cut Security Clearances by 15% in Last Two Years March 26, 2015
In 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 moreSecurity-Cleared Population Drops by 10% February 4, 2015
The 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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