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Annual Report 1997-1998 - An Operational Audit of CSIS Activities

Appendix E: Security Screening Statistics

In fiscal year 1997-98, the Service issued 70,465 security assessments and completed 1,250 field investigations and subject interviews. In the vast majority of cases, the Service's security assessment takes the form of a simple notice to departments.

Table 1 Number of Completed Assessments Issued by Level of Clearance
Classification	*New or Upgraded Requests for Security Clearances	**Update of Security Clearances
Level I (Confidential)	576	318
Level II (Secret)	10,506	4,726
Level III (Top Secret)	2,179	4,325
Accreditation	1,241	7
Airport	26,703	174
Special events	19,534	176
* Upgrade requests are processed when the new duties or tasks of a person require that the individual have a higher level of screening than previously. ** Departments must update an individual's enhanced reliability status security clearance (Levels I and II) once every 10 years. Site access security clearances also must be updated every 10 years. A Level III security clearance must be updated every 5 years. These update terms do not preclude a department from reviewing a person's reliability status or from asking CSIS to reassess the clearance "for cause".

The Service's average response times to process security clearances for Government Security Policy (GSP) Levels I, II, III during 1997-98 were 1, 20, and 118 days respectively,

Screening Assessments for Foreign States and International Organizations

During fiscal 1997-98, the volume of requests that the Service received for screening assessment recommendations were,

Inland	28,687
United States	4,352
Overseas Posts	20,195
SLO Information Tracking	3,578⁴⁰
Total	56,812

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The number of briefs issued by CSIS to CIC is provided in Table 2:

Table 2 Number of Briefs Issued by CSIS
Type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98
Information Briefs	47	144	94
Inadmissibilty Briefs - No Threat	51	90	108
Inadmissibilty Briefs - Threat	5	5	9
Total	103	239	211

CIC coordinates the review of all cases that present security concerns, and such review can involve interdepartmental consultations. However, in all instances, CIC makes the final determination.

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Appendix E: Security Screening Statistics

Screening Assessments for Foreign States and International Organizations

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