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Re: USG to automate security clearance reviews
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 17:32:02 -0700
________________________________________ From: Lauren Weinstein [lauren () vortex com] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:28 PM To: David Farber Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Re: [IP] USG to automate security clearance reviews Dave, How handy. The next time a "bad apple" slips through the clearance process and causes a whirlwind of negative publicity, there may not even be a human to blame. Just whip out the old tried-and-true "software problems" excuse! I guess that blaming individuals who fail their responsibilities is one of those nasty "inefficiences" that Johnson is talking about, eh? --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com - - -
________________________________________ From: Richard Forno [rforno () infowarrior org] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:57 PM To: Infowarrior List Cc: David Farber Subject: USG to automate security clearance reviews This should be....interesting to watch develop. -rf Government to automate security clearance reviews By STEPHEN LOSEY May 01, 2008 http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3507324 Bush administration officials want to have a plan in place to automate most aspects of the security clearance process by the time a new administration arrives. The plan, announced today, calls for a system that will accept online clearance applications, perform automated records checks, approve or deny some clearances using automated tools, and use automation to find red flags in applicants¹ background files and better target where field investigators focus their attention, Clay Johnson, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, said today. But details on how and when this new system will be in place ‹ and how much it will cost ‹ is still unknown. Johnson said he and other officials at the White House, the Office of Personnel Management, Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will release a series of reports this year with more information. Johnson said a big part of the plan is that computers will be regularly checking government and commercial databases to review relevant criminal, financial and other records of people who hold security clearances. Data on people holding top secret clearances will be reviewed every year and people holding secret clearances will be reviewed every five years. Top secret reinvestigations are now conducted every five years and secret reinvestigations are conducted about every 10 years. Johnson said he hopes the new system will enable field investigators to spend their time investigating only those leads that have not been resolved through automation. Investigators now investigate all aspects of an applicant¹s background, which Johnson said is inefficient. ³We¹ve been making determinations the same way for 50 years, and it¹s time to change the way we do it,² Johnson said. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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