DOD Personnel Clearances: DOD Faces Multiple Challenges in Its Efforts to Improve Clearance Processes for Industry Personnel, GAO-08-470T, February 13, 2008 – “The Department of Defense (DOD) maintains approximately 2.5 million security clearances on servicemembers, federal DOD civilian employees, industry personnel for DOD and 23 other federal agencies, and employees in the legislative branch. Delays in determining eligibility for a clearance can heighten the risk that classified information will be disclosed to unauthorized sources, increase contract costs, and pose problems in attracting and retaining qualified personnel.”
DOD Personnel Clearances: Improved Annual Reporting Would Enable More Informed Congressional Oversight, GAO-08-350, February 13, 2008
Department of Homeland Security: Progress Made in Implementation of Management and Mission Functions, but More Work Remains, GAO-08-457T, February 13, 2008 – “The Department of Defense (DOD) industry personnel security clearance program has long-standing delays and backlogs in completing clearance requests and difficulties in accurately projecting its future needs for investigations to be conducted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).”
Runway Safety: Progress on Reducing Runway Incursions Impeded by Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges, GAO-08-481T, February 13, 2008 – “Recent data indicate that runway incursions, which are precursors to aviation accidents, are growing. Although the number and rate of incursions declined after reaching a peak in fiscal year 2001 and remained relatively constant for the next 5 years, they show a recent upward trend.”
Primary Care Professionals: Recent Supply Trends, Projections, and Valuation of Services, GAO-08-472T, February 12, 2008 – “Most of the funding for programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act goes toward primary care medicine and dentistry training and increasing medical student diversity. Despite a longstanding objective of title VII to increase the total supply of primary care professionals, health care marketplace signals suggest an undervaluing of primary care medicine, creating a concern about the future supply of primary care professionals–physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and dentists.”
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