President Trump Signs Security Clearance Reform Bill
President Trump signed a bill aimed at reducing the backlog of security clearance investigations.
The Securely Expediting Clearances Through Reporting Transparency, or SECRET, Act requires the Office of Personnel Management‘s National Background Investigations Bureau to report on security clearance investigation backlogs.
The new law also states that the office would formulate plans to address investigation delays.
The Executive Office of the President will be tasked to provide reports on the adjudication and clearance investigation processes used for the president’s staff.
The bill’s provisions additionally require the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report on and recommend efforts to improve government-wide evaluation programs, requests for classified information and security clearance investigations in general.
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