Trump officially puts military in charge of federal background checks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Wednesday officially making the U.S. military responsible for virtually all security background checks for millions of federal workers, the latest step by the administration to tackle a daunting backlog of security clearance cases.

The order calls for the National Background Investigations Bureau, currently under the civilian Office of Personnel Management, to be absorbed by the Department of Defense under a reorganized, and renamed, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.

Though Congress mandated in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that a majority of the investigative bureau's caseload be transferred to the Defense Department in phases, Wednesday’s order lifts the entire bureau -- and the 95 percent of all federal background checks it processes -- and places it all under military authority.

A senior administration official told ABC News the bigger move would be more efficient and effective than “bifurcat[ing]” the background check system between two departments.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-officially-puts-military-in-charge-of-federal-background-checks/ar-BBWimxN?li=BBnbcA1

Doesn't our military have other things to do?

[teenagebambam]

1. I doubt this will change the actual process

The work of doing the background checks will still be done by contractors.

The backlog is a real problem - I was just re-hired in a Federal contracted position that I was laid off from last year (because the contract changed owners). My clearance was still active - new hires without clearance are sitting twiddling their thumbs until their clearances come through. And this is at the lowest level of clearance.