The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s security clearance background investigations inventory dropped 24 percent to 222,700 cases in April from 291,200 investigations in September 2024.
The reduction in backlogged cases was attributed to the implementation of solutions and changes proposed by the personnel vetting tiger team after it identified where the investigation process could be streamlined, DCSA said Tuesday.
According to Ryan Christianson, DCSA business transformation adviser, the agency expects the case inventory to fall below 200,000 by the end of the current fiscal year, depending on the execution of recommended solutions.
“Some of them are going to be very simple and easy to implement, but we’re also looking at more complex solutions that might change how we operate in the agency,” Christianson added.
With the positive impact of the ongoing effort, the tiger team looks forward to improving the DCSA adjudications and continuous vetting processes using a three-phase approach it utilized to transform background investigation processes, beginning with a discovery phase and followed by Phase Two – Solutioning and Phase Three – Execute, Monitor and Adjust.
