The Resource Background investigations : Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
Background investigations : Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
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- Summary
- In fiscal year 2011, the Office of Personnel Management, as the investigative service provider for most of the federal government, received over $1 billion to conduct more than 2 million background investigations (suitability determinations and personnel security clearances) for government employees. The 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act and the resulting governmentwide reform (led by the Performance Accountability Council) helped to improve the timeliness and quality of investigations. GAO was asked to (1) identify the cost trends related to OPM's background investigations since fiscal year 2005 and the principal factors driving OPM's costs, (2) assess how OPM develops the background investigation prices it charges to agencies and the extent to which the basis of these prices is transparent, and (3) assess the extent to which governmentwide reform efforts have focused on reducing costs. For this review, GAO analyzed OPM's reported background investigation cost, workload and pricing data from fiscal years 2005 to 2011; examined key background investigation reform effort documents; and conducted interviews with executive branch agencies' officials. GAO recommends that OPM provide customer agencies better information on the costs of background investigations and identify and address efficiencies that could lead to cost savings. GAO also recommends that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through the Performance Accountability Council, expand its reform focus to identify opportunities for cost savings. OPM and OMB concurred; however, OPM raised issues with the basis of some of GAO,s findings. GAO disagrees and addresses these issues in this report
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (iii, 67 pages)
- Note
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- Title from cover screen (viewed on Mar. 29, 2012)
- "February 2012."
- "GAO-12-197."
- Label
- Background investigations : Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Title
- Background investigations
- Title remainder
- Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Title variation
- Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In fiscal year 2011, the Office of Personnel Management, as the investigative service provider for most of the federal government, received over $1 billion to conduct more than 2 million background investigations (suitability determinations and personnel security clearances) for government employees. The 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act and the resulting governmentwide reform (led by the Performance Accountability Council) helped to improve the timeliness and quality of investigations. GAO was asked to (1) identify the cost trends related to OPM's background investigations since fiscal year 2005 and the principal factors driving OPM's costs, (2) assess how OPM develops the background investigation prices it charges to agencies and the extent to which the basis of these prices is transparent, and (3) assess the extent to which governmentwide reform efforts have focused on reducing costs. For this review, GAO analyzed OPM's reported background investigation cost, workload and pricing data from fiscal years 2005 to 2011; examined key background investigation reform effort documents; and conducted interviews with executive branch agencies' officials. GAO recommends that OPM provide customer agencies better information on the costs of background investigations and identify and address efficiencies that could lead to cost savings. GAO also recommends that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through the Performance Accountability Council, expand its reform focus to identify opportunities for cost savings. OPM and OMB concurred; however, OPM raised issues with the basis of some of GAO,s findings. GAO disagrees and addresses these issues in this report
- Cataloging source
- DID
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
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- Farrell, Brenda S
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- United States
- Security clearances
- Employee screening
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Background investigations : Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Note
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- Title from cover screen (viewed on Mar. 29, 2012)
- "February 2012."
- "GAO-12-197."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- mixed
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- txt
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- Control code
- 19735306
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (iii, 67 pages)
- Form of item
- online
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn781939402
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- System requirements: Adobe Reader
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- Background investigations : Office of Personnel Management needs to improve transparency of its pricing and seek cost savings : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
- Note
-
- Title from cover screen (viewed on Mar. 29, 2012)
- "February 2012."
- "GAO-12-197."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19735306
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (iii, 67 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn781939402
- System details
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- System requirements: Adobe Reader
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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