DoD transfers personnel security investigations function to Office of Personnel Management.

M2 Presswire, November, 2004

M2 PRESSWIRE-23 November 2004-US DOD: DoD transfers personnel security investigations function to Office of Personnel Management(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11222004 The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have finalized an agreement to centralize the personnel security investigations (PSI) function of the DoD within OPM.

According to the agreement, signed by Deputy Seretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Diretor of OPM Kay Coles James, DoD will transfer approximately 1,800 DoD investigative personnel to OPM on or about Feb 20, 2005. The transfer of personnel, which was stipulated in the 2004 Defense Authorization Bill, will allow OPM to perform the most sensitive investigations for the federal government....