Navy making new moves to reduce background investigation backlog

Federal News Radio: More than 100,000 sailors, marines and civilians are still waiting for background investigations. Now the Department of the Navy is trying to do more to speed up the process.

The Navy is creating background investigation hubs that let the government conduct interviews with sailors and marines onsite rather than requiring them to come to Washington.

The first of those sites is in Tidewater, Virginia, and the second is ready to open up in San Diego. The Navy also created surge locations where investigators conducted interviews for a short period of time in a location.

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