Adjudication Decision Support (ADS) System Automated Approval Estimates for NACLC Investigations

Abstract

The present research is the second in a series of studies to test preliminary decision rules and provide automated approval estimates for a Department of Defense Adjudication Decision Support (ADS) system. This study further evaluated decision rules for automated screening of National Agency Check with Local Agency Checks and Credit Checks (NACLC) investigations. Two random samples were drawn from NACLC investigations, for Secret and Confidential clearance, closed by the Defense Security Service (DSS) in CY03. Since the results for the two samples were nearly identical, only results for the second sample are provided in this report. The results indicated that approximately 40% of determinations based on NACLC investigations could be eligible for automated approval under the reported ADS decision rules because these cases contained little or no adverse information of security concern. Implementation of this type of system could provide significant cost savings, improve adjudication timeliness, and allow the central adjudication facilities to focus human resources on complex cases and those with serious issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467763

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  • Daniel G. Youpa
  • Eric L. Lang
  • John S. Leggitt
  • Sandi Berman

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