If you're a veteran looking to land a job that requires a security clearance, the new semi-independent office taking over the processing of security clearances from the Office of Personnel Management ...

When Hakeem Thomas joined the Army National Guard a decade ago, he remembers a recruiter telling him, “You don’t understand what a security clearance is now, but you will when you get out.” Now a ...

This is one of several articles that will highlight security clearance jobs in major metropolitan areas. Service members are often told to leverage the fact that they have a security clearance. You're ...

Do you have a security clearance? Want to figure out how to make the most of it in your civilian career? Read on! (iStock/Getty Images) Editor’s note: The following is an Ask the Experts feature, in ...

I am going back to college for 3 semesters to finish the degree. I am hoping to land an IT job at a company that will sponsor me for a clearance afterwards. Now obviously it is a tad early to start ...

I've been working at my new job (1099 contractor at a federal agency) for the past 5 weeks (plus 4 weeks on the bench) and it has been a pretty bad experience. A couple weeks ago another agency (W2 ...

There are many paths to a national security career but virtually all of them entail the need to fill out some form of 100-plus page questionnaire for national security positions. Some involve the ...

Costly security breaches, including the SolarWinds attack and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware scheme, are an increasing threat to national security. The federal government's frontline defense is a ...

A survey released last month revealed that average compensation for jobs requiring security clearance has declined 1.27 percent since 2014. According to ClearanceJobs.com, the average total ...

With the national economy on a slow but steady mend, unemployment and new job growth continue to be foremost on the minds of the American public, especially in the shadow of the recent Presidential ...