A SINGLE security vetting agency will be introduced to the Department of Defence for Commonwealth security clearances.
The announcement was made by the Attorney-General Robert McClelland who says it will improve the Commonwealth’s current security vetting process.
“Currently more than 100 agencies replicate the processes of security vetting while more than 50 agencies hold separate contracts with vetting service providers,” McClelland says.
“The introduction of a single vetting agency will remove this inefficient duplication.”
According to the federal government, the new system will also address unnecessary and poorly designed regulation and remove inconsistencies associated with the current decentralised approach.
The centralised vetting agency will commence operations in October 2010 and is expected to save the government at least $5.3 million per year.
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