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1996’s Privatization of Government Background Screening has Been a 29 Year Dumpster Fire
🕑 Added 2023-05-03 20:53:44 +0000 UTCRecent failures in background checks of new and existing service members have been thrust into the spotlight with the arrest of Air National Guardsmen Jack Teixeira for the leaking of hundreds of classified Pentagon documents and former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Sarah Bils for engaging in what she called hybrid warfare against the United States since 2014. Despite rising demand for security clearance background checks by the U.S. government and military, the process to protect America’s secrets has been dismantled piece by piece over a 29-year period.
Before 1996, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) did most of the background screening for the United States government and military. The Department of Defense was a secondary agency. Through 1994, OPM had a quality assurance staff of 80 employees that reviewed 100% of all investigations for errors. Due to budget cuts, 50 jobs were eliminated in 1995, and OPM moved to spot screening of 10% of background checks...
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AnaR737
Dumpster fire indeed. Some things, like background checks just have to be done RIGHT, not cheaply or for the convenience of venture capitalists.
Dana Pearson
Insanity runnith amok... The GOP mantra of drowning government in the bathtub has come home to roost... Of course since they seem to be working for the KGB these days, at least the MAGA crowd, I GUESS THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED
My relatives and a lot of my people who I go to high school with / the area I am from work for OPM and USIS.
