David T Darnell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
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The ITAA scores another victory...

   http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18799-1.html
   DOD adjusts its plans on hiring foreign workers

   By Dawn S. Onley
   GCN Staff

  "The Defense Department has rethought plans to disqualify foreign
   nationals from jobs that include handling unclassified but sensitive
   IT.

   If would-be workers pass background investigations and get letters of
   approval from the agency chiefs seeking to employ them, the department
   will allow the hires to proceed, senior DOD managers said.

   Defense agency chiefs are encouraged to hire U.S. citizens first for
   sensitive IT positions, said Pete Nelson, DOD's deputy director for
   personnel security. Foreign nationals can still work on systems within
   DOD provided they are properly vetted for the material to which they
   have access, he said.

   When DOD issued its no-foreigners proposal in March, some industry
   officials expressed concern that the rule would call for foreign
   employees to be removed from positions in which they would handle
   sensitive but unclassified information. Such data includes personnel
   data and information on weapons systems.

   There is no per se rule to disqualify foreign nationals other than to
   encourage use of U.S. citizens in [sensitive but unclassified]
   positions, but that is ultimately up to the system owner or agency
   head, Nelson said.

   He said DOD would require U.S. citizens as well as foreign nationals
   to pass background investigations to gain access to secure data.

   It is still unclear how many contractors would be affected by the
   proposal.

   DOD expects to issue a final policy by September."


--Jerry Leslie  (my opinions are strictly my own)
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