OPM Begins Electronic Transmission of Completed Investigations

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which is responsible for processing the vast majority of federal security clearances, has begun to electronically transmit completed investigation paperwork back to requesting agencies, which should alleviate delays in bringing aboard newly-cleared personnel. Read about it here.

Kathy Dillaman, associate director of OPM’s Federal Investigative Services Division, said OPM plans to offer the new service to every federal agency by the end of fiscal 2007.

The article also discusses ongoing Congressional oversight of reforms in security clearance procedures.

Filed Under: Reform, Procedures, Adjudication