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  I guess the big question since OMB opened the door by saying the deadline was reasonable! Did OMB meet the deadline and are they using the new PIV card for access and logical access? OMB is a Government Agency!!!

  Big E. Farce Posted November 2, 2007 4:20 PM
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  I'm not sure that linking vetting with identity cards is a good thing. They have historically been separate functions and satisfy different requirements.

  The vetting investigations and processing will move along at a much slower rate than card manufacturing. Are we willing to put the brakes on card distribution to wait for vetting to be accomplished?

  US Posted October 29, 2007 6:20 PM
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  As a 14 year federal employee I find it highly unlikely that background checks on 97% of 1.9 million employees (1,843,000) has been completed. I'm currently working at NIH and no one has asked me any relevant questions that would be required for even the most basic level of identity verification. If the reported completion statistics are correct this leaves only one other possibility, agencies are using personnel data already on file, which means they are verifying nothing! As an analyst and a taxpayer that leads me to question the value of such a system, both from a financial and security perspective. "Garbage-in-garbage-out"

  Taxpayer Posted October 29, 2007 3:36 PM
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  Evans said the deadline was reasonable. "The milestone was to hit this, and we didn't, so we're holding ourselves accountable," she said. Actually the deadline -- as expressed -- was impossible to meet, since agencies continue to award new contracts and hire new employees, and the lag time between submission of applications and completion of background investigations is quite lengthy (more than 6 months in many instances). A more reasonable goal would have been to have completed background checks on all employees and contractor employees that had been on board for six months or more as of October 27, 2007.

  redryder Posted October 29, 2007 1:16 PM
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  Oh "WOW" we will hold ourselves acounatble. Thats about as big a joke as Congress will be watching out for the best interest of the people.

  Scott K Posted October 29, 2007 10:21 AM
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  As a 14 year federal employee I find it highly unlikely that background checks on 97% of 1.9 million employees (1,843,000) has been completed. I'm currently working at NIH and no one has asked me any relevant questions that would be required for even the most basic level of identity verification. If the reported completion statistics are correct this leaves only one other possibility, agencies are using personnel data already on file, which means they are verifying nothing! As an analyst and a taxpayer that leads me to question the value of such a system, both from a financial and security perspective. "Garbage-in-garbage-out"

  Taxpayer Posted October 29, 2007 8:53 AM