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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

Advice to Citizenship and Immigration Canada

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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2010-10-14