Impact of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) Title III Annual Report for 2010.

摘要

Title III of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) requires an annual report of key measurements as to the timeliness of the security clearance process in February of each year through 2011. It specifically requires those reports to include the average number of days for the investigation and for the adjudication elements of the clearance process towards increasingly more timely goals set for each year through December 2009. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has further recommended that additional measures such as the average processing time for 100% (vice 90% as IRTPA requires) of the investigations and adjudications, as well as the end-to-end processing time, be reported to Congress as part of the annual reporting requirements in order to provide deeper insight as to progress on security clearance and suitability process reform capability development and implementation within agencies. This report is submitted in accordance with IRTPAs Title III reporting requirements and includes currently available metrics, in addition to the statutorily-required measures, in support of GAOs recommendations.The Intelligence Community (IC) continues to reduce its security clearance processing times on par with the improvements seen across all government agencies, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on security clearance determinations. The Congressionally mandated Report on Security Clearance Determinations said that significant progress has been made in recent years to improve the timeliness of the investigative and adjudication processes, despite some unique challenges and additional vetting in some cases where individuals have much sought after skills.