Review of Security Clearance News in '08
In January the Smith Amendment was repealed and replaced by Bond Amendment prohibiting all federal agencies from granting or renewing any security clearance for a current user of illegal drugs…
February, President Bush issued a memorandum to all executive branch departments and agencies directing that DoD, DNI, OPM, OMB and assistant to the President for National Security Affairs submit a proposal by April 30, 2008 to modernize, standardize, and integrate comprehensive credentialing, security clearance, and suitability processes...
During the month of March, Congress sent a request to the GAO asking for a formal evaluation of Intelligence Community security clearance processes and the DNI’s pilot project for security clearance reform…
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the National Defense Industrial Association surveyed more than 100 contractors that provide security-cleared labor to federal agencies in April. The companies identified several complaints about the current clearance system. An article in the Washington Business Journal on April 25, 2008 reported information from a survey…read the entire year in review.
