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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…

Congress

HASC Wants Info On Army’s Plans To Pursue Autonomous Aerial Delivery, Surface Vessels For Logistics

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Congress

McConnell: “Safe To Conclude There Will Not Be A Third Reconciliation Bill”

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Congress

HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]