OMB has also added a new information request for suitability, credentialing and security clearance reform. Separate from agency submissions, OMB said it would collect information from 16 agencies (DoD, OPM and Treasury among them) to gain information into agency resources, expenditures and budget projections for fiscal2014 – 2016 for continuous evaluation programs and implementation of the revised Federal Investigative Standards.
OMB said it would also collect information from the USDA, Commerce (NOAA), DoD, Energy, DHS (Coast Guard & FEMA), HUD, Interior, DoT, EPA, ACHP, and USACE, to inform the fiscal 2016 budget process and the administration’s broader infrastructure permitting improvement effort.
Specifically, OMB will ask agencies to provide their current budget for permitting and review activities as well as highlight new proposals included in their fiscal 2016 budget submission designed to enhance the permitting and review of major infrastructure projects, according to the guidance.
