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Intel community seeks to protect workforce from sequestration's impact

James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, said the 17-agency community is trying not to repeat lessons of past cuts that hampered analytical capabilities. Clapper also issued a new IC-wide code of ethics and made a key change to the security clearance form.

Tags: workforce , James Clapper , ODNI , sequestration , budget , ethics , Jason Miller

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Sequestration and the clearance market

Evan Lesser, founder and director for ClearanceJobs.com, will discuss the state of hiring in the clear community, and how its being impacted by sequestration.
March 29, 2013

Tags: workforce , sequestration , furloughs , ClearanceJobs.com , Evan Lesser , budget battle , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch

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Sequestration and the clearance market

Evan Lesser, founder and director for ClearanceJobs.com, will discuss the state of hiring in the clear community, and how its being impacted by sequestration.
March 15, 2013

Tags: workforce , sequestration , furloughs , ClearanceJobs.com , Evan Lesser , budget battle , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch

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A look at the clearance job market in 2013

Evan Lesser, founder and director of ClearanceJobs.com, will talk about the big issues affecting federal workers with security clearances.
December 14, 2012

Tags: workforce , fiscal cliff , sequestration , ClearanceJobs.com , Evan Lesser , budget battle , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch

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Leadership, oversight help slash security clearance backlog

The longstanding delays and backlogs with personnel security clearances were effectively addressed by the Obama administration. Initial investigations now take an average of 44 days to complete compared to 189 days in 2005. Federal News Radio speaks with Evan Lesser, founder and managing director of ClearanceJobs.com as part of the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.

Tags: security clearance reform , Evan Lesser , ClearanceJobs.com , In Depth , Obama Impact , Daniel Akaka , Federal Investigative Services

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What's ahead for feds with security clearances?

Evan Lesser, founder and director of ClearanceJobs.com, talks about how the job market is changing for federal workers with high security clearances.
August 31, 2012

Tags: workforce , ClearanceJobs.com , Evan Lesser , budget battle , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch

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In Depth interviews - July 25

On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Evan Lesser , Walton Francis , David Powner , GAO , data center consolidation , FEHBP ,

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Agencies face 'hodge-podge' guidance on security clearances

The federal government has issued more than 4.8 million security clearances to federal civilians, military service members and contractors. But the process for determining what positions require clearances amounts to little more than a "hodge-podge" across agencies, an official with the Government Accountability Office told Federal News Radio.

Tags: DHS , OPM , GAO , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp , Brenda Farrell

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EPA fixes security classification shortcomings

An inspector general report found the Environmental Protection Agency's national security information infrastructure needed improvement in light of a 2009 executive order. The report called for more comprehensive information security guidelines and better regulation of employees' security clearances.

Tags: EPA , national security , oversight , National Security Information

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Federal Drive interviews -- May 17

The Federal Drive talks to NASA's deputy administrator about the first commercial space launch and ClearanceJobs.com's Evan Lesser about speeding up the clearance process.

Tags: Evan Lesser , Lori Garver , NASA , SpaceX , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp ,

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