House Panel Calls for Clearance Process Investigation

In March, leaders of a key House panel called upon the Government Accountability Office to evaulate security clearance processes in the Intelligence Community, including the Director of National Intelligence’s pilot program on security clearance reform.

The move is especially significant because GAO reports thus far on security clearance processing have been limited mostly to the Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense, while sensitive agencies in the Intelligence Community (i.e. CIA, FBI, NSA) have enjoyed relative independence and little oversight of their security clearance procedures and policies.

(Hat tip: Secrecy News)

Filed Under: Reform