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President pushes security clearance reform.(George Bush)
Set-Aside Alert, February, 2008
President Bush has ordered agencies to "produce a comprehensive reform proposal" for the security clearance process by April 30.
The president issued the directive in a Feb. 5 memorandum to agency heads.
While administration officials said they are making progress in speeding the processing of clearance applications, they acknowledged that problems remain.
The law requires initial applications to be processed in an average of 74 days by December 2009. The current average is 118 days, according to the interagency Security Clearance Oversight Group. In a report issued Feb. 15, the group said the 74-day milestone is not likely to be reached without significant changes.
An industry task force studying the issue found that on average,...
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