Security Process Revamped?

The Office of Management and Budget announced this week the details of its plan to
streamline the security clearance process for employees and contractors working for
intelligence agencies. OMB aims ultimately to reduce the time it takes to
investigate and process such clearances from the current 112 days to 60 days, said
Clay Johnson, the agency’s deputy director of management.

In a Thursday conference call, Johnson said the time frame for the plan’s
implementation would not be outlined until a June 30 executive order issued, but the structure will be in place by the end of 2008 so security clearance reform can continue into the next administration. “We have been making security clearance determinations the same way for 50 years, and it’s time to change the way we do that,” he said.

The plan relies on an automated verification system using government and commercial databases to save time and reduce manual labor in hiring and clearing workers who handle classified information. The reforms, prompted by a Feb. 5 memo from President Bush directing the federal government to modernize its security clearance process, also include developing an electronic application to collect comprehensive biographic details of each candidate, requiring reinvestigations of employees and contractors to better identify security risks, and developing a computer system that identifies and grants “clean” applications for Secret clearances — allowing agency adjudicators to focus on more complex cases.
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My questions are these:
IS THE SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS BROKEN??
HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE PROCESS BEEN REVAMPED?
CAN THIS BE SO DIFFICULT THAT WE HAVE TO REVAMP THE PROCESS AGAIN?