Federal Government Policy and Business

Lawmakers Worry New Security Clearance Entity Will Be 'Another Disaster'

Government Executive: A bipartisan chorus of lawmakers on Thursday questioned the Obama administration’s creation of a new federal entity to conduct background investigations, criticizing the plan's failure to make fundamental changes.

The phasing out of the Federal Investigative Service in favor of the new National Background Investigative Bureau appears to ignore some of the most fundamental problems with the security clearance system, members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said at a hearing to examine the plan. Administration officials defended the overhaul, saying it does signal a significant change and that it will provide more security for sensitive data.

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