The Defense Security Service’s Personnel Security Management and Oversight-Industry (PSMO-I) is responsible for processing contractor security clearances for industry and overseeing continuous evaluation and insider threat programs on behalf of Department of Defense (DoD) and 32 other Federal agencies who participate in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP). In their latest publication of program accomplishments and future transition efforts they outlined their Fiscal Year 2017 clearance processing and continuous evaluation program statistics.
FY17 Clearance Statistics
814,000 – National Industrial Security Program (NISP) contractors with clearance eligibility
743,000 – NISP contractors with access to classified information
152,453 – Requests for investigation for security clearances processed
91,967 – Interim security clearance determinations made
10,230 – Adverse information reports triaged
56 – Interim Clearance suspensions in process (actual suspensions, not LOJs)
100,000 – Knowledge Center calls answered, providing on-the-spot personnel security clearance issue resolution
Continuous Evaluation (CE) Program
1,115,384 – Subjects enrolled in CE
293,255 – Industry
822,129 – Military Services/4th Estate
CE Alert Reasons
31.7% – Financial Considerations
31.5% – Drug Involvement
27.3% – Criminal Conduct
8.3% – Alcohol Consumption
1.0% – Sexual Behavior
0.3% – Personal Conduct
51 – Eligibilities Revoked (May 2016 to December 2017)
