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 2008-03-25 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-580R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R P0b002ee180399994 f:d08580r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R GAO-08-580R Background investigations Congressional oversight Data integrity Investigations by federal agencies Personnel management Personnel security clearance programs Personnel security policies Program evaluation Program management Quality assurance Quality control Records management Reporting requirements Security clearance backlogs Security clearances Security investigations Policies and procedures Correspondence A81419 On February 13, 2008, Mr. Jack Edwards--an Acting Director in our Defense Capabilities and Management team--testified before the subcommittee at a hearing on the Department of Defense (DOD) security clearance processes. This report responds to a Congressional request for additional information on that subject. Specifically, GAO was asked the following: (1) In the report that GAO issued today to this committee and your testimony statement, you discussed a need for more emphasis on quality in clearance products and processes. What have agencies been using as quality measures, and are they sufficient? (2) Do you believe that DOD, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have made the necessary commitment to improve the security clearance process? What steps need to be taken to ensure that on-going initiatives continue past this Administration? (3) The Intel Reform Act requires that timeliness statistics be reported to Congress. Do the timeliness statistics provide a full picture of how quickly clearances are being issued? If there are additional statistics that would add to the Congress's oversight of clearance timeliness, what types of factors should be considered in identifying additional metrics? https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R.pdf GAO-08-580R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-580R Correspondence GAO-08-580R; DOD Personnel Clearances: Questions for the Record Related to the Quality and Timeliness of Clearances; Background investigations Congressional oversight Data integrity Investigations by federal agencies Personnel management Personnel security clearance programs Personnel security policies Program evaluation Program management Quality assurance Quality control Records management Reporting requirements Security clearance backlogs Security clearances Security investigations Policies and procedures