General management: the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's controls over background investigations need to be improved

Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.]: Office of Inspector General, Dept. of the Treasury, [2002] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)127468694 Subject: Employee screening -- United States. Excerpt: ... with unescorted access to vulnerable areas. The ESS, however, does not produce automated reports showing the collective number and names of employees working in these newly identified areas that require an upgraded background investigation. The Bureau has to retrieve each employee's file individually to determine an individual's status. Given the number of employees in the Bureau and the continuous process of background investigations, we do not believe this is the most efficient method of monitoring and maintaining controls over background investigations. Our review of the stratified sample of 45 records showed that the Bureau had 12 individuals ( 26 percent ) working in high-risk areas with only moderate risk background investigations. These positions should have been upgraded and should have had a high-risk background investigation. These persons included-------------------working i n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------g in---------------------------------------------------------------------------------wor king in-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------d a-------------------------workin---------------------------------------------------------------------------All t-----------------------------------------------ed---------------------------areas the Bureau ha s designated as vulnerable. However, these employees ' background investigations were at the moderate-risk level, but they were working in high-risk areas. This could put the Bureau at a higher risk. When we questioned the manager of the Personnel Security Division, we were told that upgrades are being performed over a 5-year cycle and about 25 ar...