Security Clearance Process
Is Strain on Deployed Troops Also a Strain on the Clearance Process?
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged with 17 counts of murder last week, after allegedly shooting Afghan civilians in their sleep in a massacre that has strained already troubled U.S. –Afghan relations. As analysts look to the cause and unpack the details one area that hasn’t escaped their
New Contract Seeks to Streamline Defense Department Security Clearance Process
A $39 million task order contract awarded this week to CACI International Inc. includes software engineering and integration services for the Defense Logistics Agency’s security clearance process. Dan Allen, CACI President of U.S. Operations, said, “With this new task order to support the Department of Defense, CACI will directly enhance the nation’s ability to ensure
OPM Issues New Notices Concerning SF86, Clearance Costs and Reciprocity
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has posted 4 new Federal Investigations Notices (FIN) on their website all dated August 29, 2011. FIN 11-04—“Continuous Efforts to Align with Reciprocity Goals and Timeliness Standards.” This FIN fully implements interim adjustments made to National Investigative Standards by a August 2010 joint memorandum
Report to Congress Shows DISCO Lost Ground in 2010
The “Annual Report to Congress on Personnel Security Investigations for Industry and the National Industrial Security Program” for fiscal year 2010 is one of the more useful periodic reports containing data on security clearance processing. Produced by the Defense Security Service, it is the only report that provides any information