Personnel Security Clearances. Progress Has Been Made to Reduce Delays but Further Actions Are Needed to Enhance Quality and Sustain Reform Efforts

Abstract

Due to concerns about long standing delays in the security clearance process, Congress mandated reforms in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), which requires, among other things, that the executive branch report annually to Congress. Since 2005, the Department of Defense's (DOD) clearance program has been on GAO's high-risk list due to delays and incomplete documentation. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) conducts much of the government's clearance investigations. In 2007, the Director of National Intelligence and DOD established a Joint Reform Team to coordinate government wide improvement efforts for the process. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) oversees these efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2009
Accession Number
ADA507043

Entities

People

  • Brenda S. Farrell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Air Force
  • Clearances
  • Congress
  • Delphi Method
  • District Of Columbia
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • President (United States)
  • Security
  • United States Government

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