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SCSG-G4 · 10-31-2009, 10:35

pctrans,
on everyone's first EUC, they have to transcribe the info onto a National Agency Check form and send it to the FBI, the DOD personnel section, the State Dept, Homeland Security, etc. and they they sit back and wait for ALL those agencies to respond. In the meantime, they set up a folder for individual/company that has submitted their first EUC. Once all agencies have responded with 'no problems here', they clear the first EUC. Subsequent EUC's simply refer back to the paperwork on file in the folder. If they are busy with setting up new folders for new bidders, it may take a while (a week or two) to process those who are already 'in the system'. It's not rocket science, it's clerical procedures, and they are probably not as automated as they could be, so it takes more time.

GL is a bit more responsive on suggestions to automate a process. Look back at one I made about automating the SF-97 process. I even volunteered to write the code for them, and two months later they introduced the on-line process we use now. That replaced printing off a blank form, filling it out and either scanning/e-mail or faxing it to GL, and having them attempt to read it, transcribe it and send to DRMS for the actual SF-97 to be printed. (they did not use my code, but captured the concept reasonably well).