Clearance Processing Continues to Generate Big Business

July 10, 2006: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has awarded multi-million dollar contracts to five companies to perform background investigations on current and prospective federal government employees, contractors, and military personnel for the purposes of security clearance determinations. See also this story.

Has outsourcing clearance investigations impacted, positively or negatively, their speed or quality? Are there reasons why outsourcing such work is not in the public interest? Share your thoughts and insights below.

Filed Under: Adjudication, Career