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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked the Pentagon on Friday to help overhaul the federal security clearance system, aiming to turn the page on a data breach that exposed a major vulnerability for U.S. national security.
A new government office, called the National Background Investigations Bureau, will take over running background checks on all federal employees, contractors and others. But the Defense Department will design, build and operate the computer system that houses and processes people’s personal information.
The overhaul comes after a data breach last year in which the records of 21.5 million current and former employees or job applicants were accessed.
