The federal intelligence and human resources communities are preparing a coming out party for the first major update to the security clearance process in some 50 years. For the last year, the ...

In Nov. 2020, Jack Teixeira wrote a letter to the local police chief asking him to reconsider allowing him to own guns. The Dighton, Mass., police had denied the 18-year-old’s two previous requests ...

If you work in national security – and let’s face it, much of government – navigating the security clearance process is a key part of the career journey. At ClearanceJobs, we frequently come across ...

The great disruption of a global pandemic hit every industry – but the national security workforce was largely inoculated from the largest setbacks. Many trends emerging in the cleared workforce today ...

The Government Accountability Office has added the governmentwide security clearance process to its list of government programs most in need of reform. The Government Accountability Office has added ...

We often are consulted on security clearance matters by federal employees and government contractors in the security clearance process. In many cases, the security clearance application, investigation ...

A new study fielded by Leidos has found stigmas, misinformation and misunderstandings around mental health issues persist across the intelligence community and in the security clearance process. Those ...

With the new Biden Administration beginning in January, 2021 it is important to look at the issue of who can qualify to hold a position in the new Administration. For several years (e.g. Bush 1, ...

The Trump administration is denying congressional Democrats access to information regarding the background check and security clearance process for White House staff, in the latest step to push back ...

The White House and the FBI have shared conflicting accounts on the timeline of the background investigation into former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who lacked a permanent security ...