The Federal government’s security clearance system is outdated and needs to be replaced, but fixing it is going to take time because the government is still years away from fully developing a ...

The security clearance process is broken, plagued by backlogs and delays that threaten the homeland security of the United States. A recent 41.5 percent decrease in the backlog of security clearances, ...

The government's top counterintelligence official is telling security officers across the Executive Branch to relax rules for vetting workers with Top Secret clearances, citing financial hardships ...

Intelligence officials are still far behind in perfecting a system to continuously evaluate security clearance holders by scanning public records rather than relying on rigorous re-clearance ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Feb. 5, 2014) -- Recent findings about employee finances have raised security concerns for the U.S. government. Officials say employees and contractors who have financial ...