Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Lead agency for security clearance reform expands ‘continuous vetting’

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is taking the lead on security clearance reform and expanding its new system of automated record checks.

Inside the IC

Hackers find more than 400 vulnerabilities in DoD’s industrial base companies

Defense

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There’s a lot of new you need to know about the security clearance scene

Workforce Rights/Governance

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OMB sees 2022 as ‘most significant year’ for security clearance reform

Defense News

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New vetting guidelines set to advance security clearance reform ideas

Defense

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Pentagon security agency looks to expand ‘continuous vetting’ beyond DoD, add more data sources

Defense

Pentagon security agency aims to get background investigations software on track

Workforce

Industry urges DCSA to accelerate security clearance transformation efforts

Defense

Agencies on deadline to enroll security clearance holders in continuous vetting

Defense Industry

Happy crappy anniversary

Federal Report

Trusted Workforce and federal background checks initiatives have a reliable home — now what?

Workforce

DCSA juggling security clearance transformation, agency transition efforts

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is a little more than a year old, and it’s still adding more mission areas. It recently acquired the…

Defense News

VOA

In rare move, OPM strips broadcasting agency of background investigation and vetting authorities

The U.S. Agency for Global Media once conducted background investigations and adjudications on its own employees, but after years of mismanagement, the…

Workforce

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, a medical worker wearing personal protective equipment cleans gurneys in the emergency department intake area in New York. Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a move the Trump administration says will speed up reporting but one that concerns some public health leaders. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Senate Democrats want to secure hazard pay for frontline VA health workers

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senators say they’re still fielding complaints from VA health employees who say they don’t have enough support to work safely.