Industry Groups Push for Background Check Reform In Intelligence Appropriations Bill

NextGov: Technology and defense industry trade groups are urging Congress to use the must-pass intelligence community appropriations bill to make sweeping reforms to the government’s antiquated security clearance process.

In a letter to House and Senate Intelligence Committee leaders, the organizations recommended lawmakers preserve 10 provisions in the Intelligence Authorization Act that would streamline background checks and increase oversight of a security clearance backlog that’s grown to more than 700,000 pending investigations.

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