Federal investigators have told lawmakers they have evidence that USIS, the contractor that screened Edward Snowden for his top-secret clearance, repeatedly misled the government about the thoroughness of its background checks, according to people familiar with the matter.The alleged transgressions are so serious that a federal watchdog indicated he plans to recommend that the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees most background checks, end ties with USIS unless it can show it is performing responsibly, the people said.
i think this is a 1,000 attaboys and one ah crap which overrides the attaboys. you can vet people for those sensitive positions without going all the way 2 or 3 times, there should be know show themselves to be serious it should if anything be show them the door.
Cutting off USIS could present a major logistical quagmire for the nation’s already-jammed security clearance process. The federal government relies heavily on contractors to approve workers for some of its most sensitive jobs in defense and intelligence. Falls Church-based USIS is the largest single private provider for government background checks.
maybe that's the problem too big to care your prepiutation goes only as far as your first screw up. by virtue of them saying they are the largest single provider implies there are other companies,the gov't should take a page from it's own book and spread it around maybe then Snowden may not have had access to so much info. works for me.
