Personnel security clearances : progress has been made to reduce delays but further actions are needed to enhance quality and sustain reform efforts : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate / statement of Brenda S. Farrell.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Farrell, Brenda S.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-09-684T.

Testimony ; GAO-09-684T

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Personnel management.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Security clearances--United States.

Security clearances.

Administrative agencies--United States--Personnel management.

Administrative agencies.

Administrative agencies--Personnel management.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Progress has been made to reduce delays but further actions are needed to enhance quality and sustain reform efforts

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed Jan. 6, 2010).

"For release ... September 15, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

495784232

Access Restriction:

Approved for public release.