Industry groups are pushing Congress to compel the government to take steps to drastically reduce the backlog of background investigations as the Pentagon readies to take over the investigative process. In an Aug. 6 letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, the industry groups urge the passage of several provisions in this year's intelligence authorization bills, including one in the Senate version requiring the government's Performance Accountability Council (PAC) to develop a plan...
