The Social Security Administration has asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the publication of new regulations:
... to create a Security and Suitability Files system to cover any additional security and suitability related information generated by SSA that is not sent to the Office of Personnel Management. We will use the information we collect to conduct background investigations and establish that applicants or incumbents, either employed by SSA or working for SSA under contract, are suitable for employment with us. ...
This is just a proposal. The public can comment on it once it is published in the Federal Register. To me, it sounds a bit sinister but it's probably benign.
It sounds like they are going to stop using "investigatory material compiled for security and suitability purposes system" and "suitability for employment records, SSA" in SSA's hiring process for employees and contractors. These two systems are being replaced by a single new system.
ReplyDeletePretty good example of why any proposal to reduce the number of regulations on a quantitative basis is absurd. All it does is consolidate multiple small regulations into one larger regulation.