Creating Efficiency Using OPM’s Personnel Vetting and Security Services

Memorandum for: Chief Human Capital Officers and Trusted Workforce 2.0 Senior Implementation Officials From: Christopher J. Beckman Director OPM, Facilities, Security, and Emergency Management Joseph M. Knouff Suitability Director OPM, Suitability Executive Agent Programs Date: March 3, 2026 Subject: Creating Efficiency Using OPM’s Personnel Vetting and Security Services

Efficient and effective personnel vetting ensures agencies have the trusted workforce they need to deliver on their critical missions for the American public. When done properly, personnel vetting supports accelerated onboarding timelines and serves as a crucial piece in an agency’s risk management strategy. However, when an agency lacks expertise or resources in personnel vetting, it can cause delays onboarding new talent and expose the agency to increased human risk. OPM’s Facilities, Security, and Emergency Management (FSEM) office has provided agencies with personnel vetting shared services for decades, with a proven track record of timely and professional support for agencies in managing their trusted workforce. Recent timeliness data for January 2026 shows that OPM-FSEM initiated and adjudicated both national security and public trust cases well ahead of the government-wide average. Business process shared services, such as personnel vetting shared services, provide economies of scale and improve the quality, timeliness, security, and cost-effectiveness of service delivery. By leveraging shared services, agencies can refocus resources saved on accomplishing core agency missions. In addition to demonstrated experience delivering cost-effective personnel vetting solutions to agencies, OPM is also at the forefront of implementing the Administration’s Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0 vetting reform initiative. The Administration directed agencies to prioritize streamlining and improving personnel vetting processes under TW 2.0 in the Merit Hiring Plan to support reducing time-to-hire, strengthening the suitability of the Federal workforce, and eliminating waste. Utilizing OPM’s personnel vetting shared services on a reimbursable basis can help agencies comply with TW 2.0 implementation and meeting the Administration’s goals for an improved vetting process. OPM encourages agencies to consider how obtaining personnel vetting solutions from OPM’s FSEM might help them get people to work faster, eliminate waste, optimize risk management, and support agency workforce restructuring efforts. OPM’s FSEM can deliver end-to-end vetting services that outperform government-wide timeliness standards and enhance cost

efficiency for agencies, while allowing agencies flexibility to select the products and services that best fit their needs. OPM’s personnel vetting services include: • • • • • • • position risk and sensitivity designation, personal identification verification (PIV) credentialing lifecycle management, vetting need determinations that ensure only the necessary amount of vetting is done, preliminary determinations (clear to onboard decisions), suitability, fitness, and national security adjudication recommendations, suitability action and security revocation and denial process assistance, and continuous vetting and Rap Back enrollment and alert processing. To learn more about OPM FSEM’s vetting services, contact us at VettingSupportServices@opm.gov. Attachment: OPM Agency Services Flyer Facilities, Security & Emergency Management VETTING SUPPORT SERVICES The Personnel Security Division at OPM safeguards federal personnel, property, and systems through comprehensive vetting processes. Leveraging decades of expertise, our dedicated team works diligently to evaluate the reliability of federal employees and contractors. We partner with your agency to enhance timeliness and compliance by delivering these services in the most efficient manner possible. Preliminary Eligibility Determinations Other Services Our team provides precise application of Transfer of Trust and Re-establishment of Trust processes. We deliver fast, compliant onboarding support by initiating, reviewing, and authorizing eApps through the National Background Investigations Services (NBIS) system. Additionally, we provide preliminary recommendations on suitability, fitness, and credentialing to facilitate entry on duty. We provide a number of other services that are tailored to your agency’s needs:

National Security, Suitability, Fitness, and Credentialing Recommendations Our team provides final national security, suitability, fitness, and credentialing recommendations under 5 CFR part 731 and in accordance with Executive Order 12968 and SEAD-4, as applicable. We can also support agencies through the suitability action process and security revocation and denial processes. • Position Designations • PIV Credentialing lifecycle management utilizing GSA’s USAccess program • Continuous Vetting enrollment, validation and alert processing • Rap Back enrollment, validation and alert processing These services are provided in coordination with the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent. For more information, contact us at VettingSupportServices@opm.gov or (202)936-0325