Trusted Workforce 2.0

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Along with a proposed 2% federal pay raise for 2025, the Biden administration is looking at reforms for federal firefighters, as well as FAA and TSA employees.

Budget

National Background Investigation Services

Goodbye SF-86? OMB approves new ‘Personnel Vetting Questionnaire’

Inside the IC

IG finds former DCSA director sexually harassed employee, misused his position

Defense News

Lawmakers find room for classification reforms in compromise NDAA

Intelligence Community

Why some security clearance cases are taking longer in recent months

Defense News

Continuous vetting for everyone by when?

Federal Report

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Spy agency leaders aim to change workforce perceptions about well-being, mental health

Defense News

Report pushes agencies to focus on ‘candidate experience’ during security clearance process

Inside the IC

Joint insider threat office among Pentagon’s solutions to Discord leaks

Defense News

Congress, Biden administration continue push to reduce security clearance timeline

Ask the CIO

Confusion over weed policies may be blunting new recruits for intelligence agencies

Intelligence Community

‘This would be wild’: Officials lay out ambitious goals for federal employee vetting

The new goals for positions requiring a security clearance or a public trust determination would drastically cut down the time it takes to onboard individuals.

Hiring/Retention

security clearance, access, badge, worker

DCSA cuts background investigation rates again

DCSA is reducing rates by 18% in fiscal 2024, amid the governmentwide shift to continuous vetting.

Defense News

OPM aims to streamline fed employee screening with ‘continuous vetting’

Hiring/Retention

OPM also wants to update several vetting factors to make it harder for domestic extremists to find employment in the government.