While federal agencies have massively reduced the background investigations backlog and published a new set of vetting principles, officials still need to issue new investigative guidelines, develop a workforce plan to meet future investigations requirements, and better secure legacy IT systems. Those are some of the recommendations included in the "Government-wide Personnel Security Clearance Process" section of the Government Accountability Office's 2021 report on its " high-risk areas " for the federal government. The security clearance process has been on...