Often security clearances are considered an overhead function barely gaining the mention or attention of senior leaders. But the spotlight was back on the security clearance process Monday when ...

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump has chosen to grant immediate Top Secret security clearances to several people, intended to amend a "backlog" created under the Biden administration ...

Democrats and other critics are now demanding that the White House disclose the list and details of the people Trump allowed ...

The president made clear that he was acting in retaliation for his predecessor’s pulling of his security clearance shortly ...

Related: Does your resume pass the 6-second test ... In exceptional circumstances, the hiring office may request an interim security clearance. The Office of Personnel Security and Suitability ...

The first Trump administration started "Trusted Workforce 2.0." After years of progress and some major challenges, where does security clearance reform go next?

Often security ... interim eligibility to presidential appointees whose background investigations have not yet been completed. The “Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances ...

The decision, one of the lesser noticed of Trump's Day 1 actions, would in effect provide interim top security clearances for anyone the president chooses. Top Secret and SCI clearance grants ...