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DSS Stops Processing Contractor Security Clearances by Renee Jansen
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
San Francisco Office
Orest J. Jowyk
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
McLean Office
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May 15, 2007
Previously published on May 12, 2006
Earlier this month, due to a funding shortfall, the Defense Security Service ("DSS"), the agency charged with administering security clearances for the Department of Defense ("DoD") and several other government agencies, suspended processing contractor requests for both new security clearances and periodic reinvestigations. Under the present system, DSS forwards security clearance requests to the Office of Personnel Management ("OPM"), which conducts the background investigations required in issuing security clearances.
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