October 2006

Really? What a shocker! The Government Accountibility Office came out with a recent report detailing how the security clearance process is taking too darn long. This same article and these findings seem to be copied and pasted verbatim on a yearly basis from past reports, dating back to 2000. The time

The newest ClearanceJobs.com Security Clearance Salary Survey reports average nationwide salaries are up by 2% since the first quarter of this year. The survey of about 2,200 cleared workers also lists a few other interesting findings: Salaries for the lowest level Department of Defense-issued clearance, Confidential, had the greatest gain

A scientist in the Los Angeles area working for DoD prime contractor Boeing is under investigation for mishandling classified information. “Abraham Lesnik, listed as an employee at Boeing’s Space Based Radar group in El Segundo, has been the subject of three searches of his Valley Village home, the FBI confirmed.

National Public Radio’s Marketplace program ran an interesting story recently on how private industry is stepping up to the plate and taking over many intelligence jobs for the government. Overall, its a good read. The most provocative line from “intelligence guru and former spy Robert Steele” is as follows: “Contractors