Virginia Senator Mark Warner Says Government’s Security Process Too Complicated And Slow

United States Senator Mark Warner of Virginia says the country’s security clearance process is too complicated and slow among other things. Warner released the statement after the Government Accounting Office reported and identified the United States’ government wide security clearance process as a high risk area of government operations with significant challenges related to processing clearances,in a timely fashion, measuring investigation quality and ensuring IT security. Warner has written to President Biden asking for presidential leadership on this important topic to revolutionize the system. Senator Warner is chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and has been an outspoken advocate of security clearance reform.