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DoD Reviewing 10-Year Standards For Secret-Level Security Clearance

Pat Host

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

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DoD Reviewing 10-Year Standards For Secret-Level Security Clearance

The Defense Department is reviewing the standard that allows 10 years between security clearance background investigations for employees with secret-level clearances. Under current law, a person holding a top secret clearance, the highest level of access to classified government information, must be reinvestigated every five years to continue holding the clearance. Those holding a secret clearance, which Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis held, must be reinvestigated every 10 years as it is one step below top secret. Those holding…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]