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DOD Personnel: Weaknesses in Security Investigation Program Are Being Addressed

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 6, 2000
Report No. T-NSIAD-00-148
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Summary:

From 1982 to 1999, 68 of the 80 persons convicted of spying against the United States were Defense Department (DOD) employees. All of them had undergone personnel security investigations and held security clearances. This testimony describes how decisions are made to grant or deny security clearances to DOD employees and contractors, summarizes the key findings from GAO's recent report on this subject (GAO/NSIAD-00-12, Oct. 1999), and discusses the steps that DOD has taken in response to GAO's recommendations.

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