By Dave Ahearn Huge delays in performing background clearance investigations on some prospective Department of Defense (DoD) and defense contractor employees is costing the Pentagon and contractors money, endangering national security, leaving critical programs short staffed and creating a zero sum game of employers raiding each other's shops for workers who already have clearances. That was the dismal picture presented by several witnesses at a House Armed Services Committee readiness subcommittee hearing yesterday. But the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),…
Backlogged Security Clearances Plague DoD, Contractors, But OPM Sees Progress
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