United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-02-09 monographic deposited born digital 49 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-344 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344 P0b002ee18037fd0d f:d04344 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344 GAO-04-344 Counterterrorism Investigations by federal agencies National preparedness Security clearances Personnel classification Personnel evaluation Internal controls Job classification DOD Joint Personnel Adjudication System Other Written Product A09221 Terrorist attacks and espionage cases have heightened national security concerns and highlighted the need for a timely, high-quality personnel security clearance process. However, GAO's past work found that the Department of Defense (DOD) had a clearance backlog and other problems with its process. GAO was asked to address: (1) What is the size of DOD's security clearance backlog, and how accurately is DOD able to estimate its size? (2) What factors impede DOD's ability to eliminate the backlog and accurately determine its size? (3) What are the potential adverse effects of those impediments to eliminating DOD's backlog and accurately estimating the backlog's size? GAO was also asked to determine the status of the congressionally authorized transfer of Defense Security Service (DSS) investigative functions and personnel to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344.pdf GAO-04-344 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-344 Other Written Product GAO-04-344; DOD Personnel Clearances: DOD Needs to Overcome Impediments to Eliminating Backlog and Determining Its Size; Counterterrorism Investigations by federal agencies National preparedness Security clearances Personnel classification Personnel evaluation Internal controls Job classification DOD Joint Personnel Adjudication System Public Law 97-255 Public Law 107-314 Public Law 108-136