Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, has said there are four ways the federal government should adopt to address the security clearance backlog and one of... Read more
Industry stakeholders have participated in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s efforts to come up with a framework of common standards designed to help agencies assess an i... Read more
Companies such as Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics have initiated measures to continue development work on defense contracts amid the rising security clearance backlog, The Wall Street J... Read more
Some industry representatives have called on Congress to help the Department of Homeland Security standardize and streamline the vetting and security clearance process for government contrac... Read more
Engility CEO Lynn Dugle has said the company has started to pilot continuous evaluation initiatives in an effort to address issues related to security clearances. “What we know from a commun... Read more
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed a security control agreement with the Defense Department in a push to pursue opportunities in the U.S. government and defense markets. The agre... Read more
The Virginia Contracting Activity has begun its search for potential industry sources that can provide social media reports for use in background investigations of security clearance holders... Read more
Omniplex World Services has purchased Social Intelligence’s government solutions business in an effort to gain access to public online data and social media information for use in background... Read more
The General Services Administration has rescheduled the award of the contract for services to address the hacking of the Office of Personnel Management‘s security clearance database, F... Read more
The April release of documents for a draft request for proposals on a future nationwide public safety communications network marked another step in the government’s push to further exa... Read more
This is part two of our chat with Kevin Kelly, LGS Innovations‘ CEO. Click here for part one. ExecutiveBiz: How would you describe the current state of the GovCon M&A market? What... Read more
CGI has been awarded a four-year contract to develop a technology to help British government agencies and contractors screen employees who aim to obtain security clearances. The U.K.’s... Read more
DoD Seeks Info on Potential Support Sources for Security Clearance Processing System
The Department of Defense has issued a request for information on potential contractors that could apply agile development methods to manage a new information technology system built to faci... Read more