Mark Zaid, a national security attorney, regains access to classified material after accusing White House of retaliation ...

A new study fielded by Leidos has found stigmas, misinformation and misunderstandings around mental health issues persist across the intelligence community and in the security clearance process. Those ...

The security clearance process has tied the Trump administration in knots — and that is exactly what the bureaucrats running the White House personnel security office intended, said a lawyer who has ...

When it comes to security clearances, the federal government has reached a crossroads. High priority positions in areas like cybersecurity and defense are going unfilled as the security clearance ...

We often are consulted on security clearance matters by federal employees and government contractors in the security clearance process. In many cases, the security clearance application, investigation ...

The government’s process of conducting background checks and issuing security clearances is being added a to a congressional watchdog’s list of high-risk programs in need of major reform. The ...

An FBI whistleblower is alleging that the bureau improperly suspended security clearance for agents with "conservative views." Fox News obtained a complaint sent last week to the Department of Justice ...

The Trump administration is denying congressional Democrats access to information regarding the background check and security clearance process for White House staff, in the latest step to push back ...

Citing quality concerns and a large backlog of cases, the Government Accountability Office has added the U.S. government's security clearance process to its High Risk List of federal areas that need ...

The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday handed off its National Background Investigations Bureau to the Defense Department, leaving the Pentagon in charge of conducting the vast majority of ...

Leaders of the American intelligence agencies sounded a series of alarms at a Senate Intelligence hearing on Tuesday about Russian election meddling and breakdowns in the White House security ...