| PSC To Testify before Senate Intel Committee on Security Clearance Reform |
March 5, 2018
WHAT: The Professional Services Council (PSC) will testify this Wednesday before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the status of personnel security clearance reform and the impact on industry. The hearing will allow both industry and government leaders to address issues in the security clearance process. Industry representatives including PSC will recommend changes that Congress can take to reduce the backlog and wait times, while maintaining integrity in the process, increasing security, and strengthening industry workforces. PSC President and CEO David J. Berteau will appear at the open hearing to speak on behalf of the association, which represents nearly 400 member companies and their hundreds of thousands of employees across the nation who provide technology and professional services to the federal government.
WHEN: Wed., March 7, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.
WHO:
Witness Panel One:
Brenda Farrell, Government Accountability Office
Kevin Phillips, President and CEO, ManTech
Jane Chappell, Vice President, Intelligence, Information, and Services, Raytheon
David Berteau, President and CEO, Professional Services Council
Witness Panel Two:
Charlie Phalen, Director, National Background Investigation Bureau
Brian Dunbar, Assistant Director for Security, National Counterintelligence and Security Center
Garry Reid, Director for Defense Intelligence and Security, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
Dan Payne, Director, Defense Security Service, Department of Defense
WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106
WATCH: The hearing will be streamed live here
READ: PSC's Written statement here.
Media Contact:
Ashlei Stevens,
Director, Media Relations
703.875.8974 stevens@pscouncil.org
About PSC: PSC is the voice of the government technology and professional services industry. PSC’s 400 member companies represent small, medium and large businesses that provide federal agencies with services of all kinds, including information technology, engineering, logistics, facilities management, operations and maintenance, consulting, international development, scientific, social, environmental services, and more. Together, the trade association’s members employ hundreds of thousands of Americans in all 50 states. Follow PSC on Twitter
@PSCSpeaks. To learn more, visit
www.pscouncil.org