Security Clearance news
Congress Aims to Cut Investigation Backlog to 300,000 by Next Spring
In the continuing security clearance reform saga, the Senate Intelligence Committee is working on coming to an agreement on the final version of a bill first introduced in last March that is aimed at reducing the background investigation backlog. The previous version of the bill stalled in the senate during
Number of Security Clearance Applications Rises
The National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) reported the number of new security clearance applications has risen to almost 500,000 over the past four years. This increase, combined with the current investigation backlog, does not bode well for companies who rely on a pool of cleared employees to work on classified projects.
I spoke with a furloughed investigator from PERATON the other day and it sounds like some of furloughed investigators were permanently let go earlier this week.
Interesting. The interviewer told me to try for Preaton subs and specifically for DHS contract .
I work for PERATON and I know we have a ton of DHS work but they aren’t being clear on how it’s assigned because I’ve barely seen any. I think…
The problem I have is I was not trained on DHS because I wasn’t on the contract .