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HSPD-12 Update

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
November 12, 2009
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JPL employees criticize government for pursuing background checks, Pasadena Star News
“JPL employees Wednesday criticized federal authorities for seeking a U.S. Supreme Court review of an appeals court decision blocking the government from requiring mandatory background checks. The U.S. Solicitor General’s Office wants the nation’s highest court to review the ruling, arguing that it could affect the government’s ability to conduct background checks of contract employees. Robert Nelson, a JPL scientist and the lead plaintiff in the case, said he was disappointed by the government’s decision to pursue the case to the Supreme Court level. “We particularly had hoped that the Obama administration would take a closer look at the unwise national security decrees of his predecessor,” Nelson said.”

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