DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations about Timeliness and Quality

Abstract

The enclosed briefing provides our preliminary assessment of the timeliness and quality of the Department of Defense's (DOD) personnel security clearance program. These findings are based on an ongoing engagement that we have been conducting since February 2008 under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative. In 2009, we plan to issue a report providing more details regarding these findings. In response to a draft of this briefing report, DOD provided written comments and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provided comments via email. Our summary and evaluation of DOD's and OPM's comments are included in enclosure II and DOD's written comments are reprinted in their entirety in enclosure III.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA492259

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Human Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Clearances
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Observation
  • Personnel Management
  • President (United States)
  • Security
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  • United States
  • United States Government

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