Personnel Actions May Follow

OPM also told agencies that it will monitor their responses in cases where such abuses have been found and where the agency response is inadequate, OPM will conduct an oversight audit to ensure that standards for personnel security are being met. It cited several examples that turned up in its investigation of recent personnel background investigations where issues relating to diploma mills and unaccredited schools were identified, telling agencies that such cases “illustrate the need for your utmost diligence and commitment to addressing this problem.”