Lawmakers Are Taking Another Crack At Security Clearance Reform

NextGov: A bill reintroduced in the Senate on Friday would overhaul the security clearance process and force the government to start chipping away at a backlog of nearly 570,000 pending investigations.

The Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act, sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., would push agencies to adopt new technologies and policies that would accelerate background checks and reduce duplicative investigations.

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