Return civilian security clearance investigations to OPM
What the document says“This function should be returned to OPM except for military security clearance investigations.”
After the 2015 data breach at the Office of Personnel Management, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency took over security clearance and suitability investigations for about 95 percent of the federal civilian workforce. The chapter calls that decision wrongheaded, says it grew out of an intention to dismantle OPM, and asks for the function to go back to OPM apart from military clearances.
What the document actually says“This function should be returned to OPM except for military security clearance investigations.”
Give this job back to OPM. The military should keep only its own checks.
People who handle secrets must be checked first. A defense agency now does that for most civil servants. The book says the personnel agency should do it again.
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