New report shows number of security clearances declined in 2015

By Marjorie Censer / June 30, 2016 at 11:22 AM
The number of government and contractor employees with security clearances fell to 4.2 million in fiscal year 2015, down more than 900,000 from two years earlier, according to a new report from the office of the director of national intelligence. The document , first reported by the Federation of American Scientists, shows that just shy of 2.9 million workers had clearances and access to classified material as of Oct. 1, 2015, down slightly from the year before. Almost 1.4 million...

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