EDITORS NOTE as of 12/28/2020: DCSA has announced the extension of the transition period for JPAS to DISS (click here for more information). As a result of the ongoing extension of the JPAS to DISS transition, Access Commander will continue to support JPAS until the transition has taken place. With the end of 2020 right […]
By October 1st of 2019, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will be dissolved with its various functions transferring to other U.S agencies, thanks to an executive order signed by the President in April. While some have found the move perplexing (“out of the blue” as one columnist put it), OPM employees and management have […]
In the past decade, it has become clear that the U.S security clearance process is in a state of crisis. Security clearance is required by all federal employees or employees of cleared contractors with access to classified information – those who need it range from janitors to senior management, and as of 2017, 700,000 individuals […]