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OPM Revolving Fund: Investigation Activities During Fiscal Years 1983 Through 1986

GGD-87-81 Published: Jun 26, 1987. Publicly Released: Jun 26, 1987.
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GAO reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) revolving fund to finance federal employee background investigations.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of Personnel Management The Director, OPM, should provide the investigative activity authority to hire and maintain an investigator staff at levels which would improve the timeliness of background investigations and reduce the backlog to a manageable level.
Closed – Implemented
OPM requested and received authorization from OMB to increase staff levels during FY 1990. Because of these staff increases, some decrease in backlogs has occurred. However, timeliness is still a significant problem. GAO is conducting a followup review to determine if additional OPM action is necessary, consequently, follow-up on this report is no longer required.

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Contract performanceFederal employeesFunds managementInvestigations by federal agenciesPersonnel recruitingRevolving fundsBackground investigationsBudget deficitPersonnel managementFederal agencies