Just a little rant about the RSI work. Anyone else having the same problems I am having getting Subject’s to cooperate? 100 percent of the time when I call they have no idea what is going on, what CV means, and feel like they are being scammed. With almost all the cases I get I have to leave numerous voicemails, emails, and contact the listed security personnel to intervene to get the Subject to cooperate. This is just pure madness that they decided to role out this program, think it a great idea to make Subject’s go through an interview having no idea what CV even is, and make us go through hoop after hoop just to get a Subject to cooperate. There has got to be a better way to get these cases taken care of!
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Did I write this? There 100% needs to be an intermediary department who is calling subjects, explaining CV, and confirming the investigation is still needed before it even comes across the desk of an investigator. Such a terrible program and waste of time. The security officials aren’t any better; only like one has actually helped me.
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I completely agree. Even my boss has stated the RSI work is a mess. I spend more time doing “uncooperative subject” requests than the actual work, and sure enough they just push the cases right back at me saying investigation is to continue and keep trying!
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I have been assigned 5 subject interviews so far on RSI cases and only interviewed one subject.
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That seems to be the norm. My success rate is having 1 or 2 Subjects actually get back to me and cooperate out of every 5 cases I get assigned.
Sounds like a lot of people will be (and deserve to be) losing their clearances.
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The length of time between incidents and follow up being scheduled seems to be inappropriate in some cases. It’s new process, better late than never?
My colleagues have had a bunch of cases get cancelled due to finding out Subject is in prison. So yeah I’d say the speed is not great!
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YUP!!! It’s wild!!!
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It sure is! I think us investigators should just boycott doing RSI work until they come up with a better solution because I know personally if someone called me out of the blue and wanted to interview me I’d be skeptical as well.
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In theory it’s a great idea to discuss significant issues sooner vs later, but in practice it’s a mess. IF you can get a call back, some of these cases are just ridiculous.
A few weeks ago I had a guy w 20+ yrs of T5/SCI history and it was for an assault charge from almost 30 yrs ago when he was 17.
I’ve recently had someone that retired 5 years ago.
I’ve had one for a guy that just did his initial T5 interview a few months ago, the CV was for an issue listed on his CPs from 2 months ago.
A little front end vetting would save SO much time for all involved.
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ha! I just got rid of a case where I found out the subject is currently incarcerated for aggravated assault. no wonder why he wasn’t calling me back.
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exactly. RSI’s are not a bad idea in theory, but the way they are executing them is beyond ridiculous. I also had one where we had to discuss an arrest from over 20 years ago and this person has already had their clearance for over 15 years. And now I’m getting ones where I have to discuss current issues on their credit report such as a few accounts in collections. Geez, with this level of nosiness RSI’s are going to be a thing everyone is going to have to go through.
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FWIW FSO’s do not get notifications when an RSI pops up on one of our employees. I see them in DISS profiles but only if I’m checking for something else which is not often. I would love to help notify my EE’s to respond to something to help you all out! Yeesh…
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Maybe send out a blanket statement that if you work here, break the law, don’t pay your bills, have unreported foreign activities/contacts/travel, etc. etc. etc., expect a phone call to set up an appointment for an interview.
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