Officials: Government Security Clearance Process Needs Improvement

By Marcus Weisgerber / May 17, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Several administration officials told a House committee today they need more staff and more accurate projections in order to process government security clearances quicker. Government agencies are making "good, and in some cases, significant progress improving the security clearance process, but we are not where we want to be at this point in the reform process," Clay Johnson, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, said at a House Government Reform Committee hearing. Lawmakers scheduled today's...

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