security clearance

On 20 November 2008 the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued House Report 110-916, “Security Clearance Reform—Upgrading the Gateway to the National Security Community.” The report measured the government’s compliance with the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) in the following seven areas: Centralization of policy oversight

In her 17 September 2008 written remarks to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, Kathy Dillaman, Associate Director Federal Investigative Services Division (FISD), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), provided the following data on investigative elapse times: Closed during: All Initial Clearances Top Secret Initial Secret/Confidential Total

On 1 October 2008 the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) issued Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) Number 704, Personnel Security Standards And Procedures Governing Eligibility For Access To Sensitive Compartmented Information And Other Controlled Access Program Information. ICD 704 rescinds DCID 6/4. The most important change pertains to non-US citizen immediate

OPM recently announced (FIN 08-04) the prices of their investigative products for Fiscal Year 2009. The costs of the most common investigations increased between 4.5% and 6.1%. It appears that OPM has managed to improve their turnaround time during the past fiscal year without a significant price increase. The government