Pentagon improves security clearance process but focus on quality still needed, report says

By Laurel Adams

After falling behind timelines to complete security clearances for years, the Pentagon has finally caught up, but concerns with the quality

Security clearance investigators must protect data, watchdog says

By Laurel Adams

The federal agency that investigates applicants for senior government jobs and for top-secret national security positions must ensure that i

Ten million CIA documents require in-person visit

By Jim Morris

The Central Intelligence Agency maintains more than 10 million pages of declassified, post-World War II documents, covering everything from
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A shrill message for whistleblowers

By Nick Schwellenbach

A government whistleblower review board has upheld the firing of a federal air marshal for disclosing “sensitive security information”, even

White House sets "CUI" designation for sensitive government documents

By Amy Biegelsen

President Barack Obama’s new executive order creating a uniform category for federal documents that are sensitive but not classified is an a

WikiLeaks and the classification follies

By Julian Hattem

Egypt’s leader has trouble hearing, while Italy’s prime minister enjoys “partying hard.” The Sultan of Oman is too busy to read books. A dip
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National Security Agency mismanages info technology

By The Center for Public Integrity

Inability to keep up with modern communications creates "boondoggle" at NSA

Excessive executive secrecy

By The Center for Public Integrity

More documents are classified under Bush despite initial promises of openness

Boxes of top secret documents go missing

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey Smith

The U.S. National Archives has a hard time figuring out where its classified records are.
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Obama order protects intelligence community whistleblowers

By David Axe

A new executive order provides protections shunned by House Republicans.