Security Clearances

Bob Brewin recently wrote a length article concerning the security clearance process. "[Ben Romero, chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the Information Technology Association of America] told the [House Readiness Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee] that the average processing time for Secret clearances averaged 200 days in 2007, and the average time for processing Top Secret clearances was 300 days last year."

Jack Edwards, the Government Accountability Office's acting director of Defense capabilities and management, said that "continuing delays in determining clearance eligibility can result in increased costs and risk to national security."

Kathy Dillaman, associate director of OPM's Federal Investigative Services division, talked to the panel about automated information tools which could enable OPM to process clearances in an end-to-end paperless system this year.

Check out the article for more details.