Investigator, Investigate Thyself!

In 1996, when OPM was in the process of privatizing its personnel security investigation function, GAO told the agency about a potential problem: OPM's investigations contractor was conducting background checks on the company's own employees. Ten years later, GAO reports, OPM still hasn't addressed the issue. The agency now says that in March, it will have federal investigators who transferred to the agency from the Defense Department last year begin performing such investigations.