investigations

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently released an undated presentation entitled, The Security Clearance and Investigation Process. Included in the presentation are the following data: Case Type FY 09 Initial Security Clearance Investigations 636,873 Periodic Reinvestigations for Top Secret 98,211 Public Trust Investigations 222,339 Suitability Investigations 165,476 Other 934,326

Once again the news media got it wrong. Referring to the Report of the DoD Independent Review Related to Fort Hood (Protecting the Force: Lessons from Fort Hood), an Associated Press article, claimed: “Their investigation also found his top-level security clearance hadn’t been properly investigated.” A WashingtonPost.com article stated: “The

“Failure to provide truthful and candid answers during the security clearance process” is one of the most common reasons for the denial or revocation of security clearances. Of the approximately 1,300 security clearance cases decided by Administrative Judges of the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) during fiscal year

In a September 15, 2009 written response to questions posed to the Director of the FBI following his March 25, 2009 appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee the following information was provided regarding FBI applicant clearance processing for fiscal year 2009 to date: SPECIAL AGENT APPLICANTS PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT APPLICANTS #