Trusted Workforce 2.0, the comprehensive overhaul of how the government vets, checks, and keeps people in national security positions is gearing up for its latest muscle movement: the enrollment of the full public trust population into continuous vetting.
Frequently confused with a security clearance, positions of public trust are a separate category, and used to identify positions that have access to sensitive, but not classified, information. And while the number of individuals with an active federal security clearance is approximately five million, the number of individuals that fall into a public trust position is significantly higher.
