Feds to Present New Data on Clearance Delays

In testimony scheduled to be heard by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence this week but delayed by other House business, Kathy Dillaman, Associate Director of the Office of Personnel Maanagement’s Federal Investigative Services Divison, planned to release new figures on delays in processing federal security clearances.

According to a news report, the testimony would mention that processing times have shorted to an average of 212 days for Top Secret clearances and 105 for Secret and Confidential clearances, and that electronic submission of clearance applications had helped to shorten delays.

After the Committee hearing is rescheduled and completed, Ms. Dillaman’s testimony should be available on the Committee’s Open Hearings web page.

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