And that understanding among the agencies is part of this review that you are doing?

I witnessed firsthand the challenges this presented for the staffer as well as the impact it had on the office as a whole.

I would be interested, one of the things that many of us were concerned about is whether or not the DNI could reconcile some of the differences between the agencies in terms of reciprocity.

You have got that portion of it. I just assume that the plan to go forward with the IT part of this, the technology you are going to use, you have already identified it, correct?

Mr. Chairman, could I just follow up on that? This is kind of repetitious of many of these hearings that we have had over the years.

You have different standards for investigations depending on what the call for is with the agencies----

I think that you should all sit down, or have somebody really spend some time on this to work this thing out.

Oh, I have to tell you, 1 percent, it is amazing.

Reforming the security clearance process and removing DOD's personal security clearance process from GAO's High-Risk List are priorities for me in, as Senator Akaka said, my final Congress.

And I assume that there is no problem with human capital? You have the people that you need to get the job done, that is not a problem?

I introduced a bill with Byron Dorgan called NESA, the National Energy Security Act, and one of the reasons I did that is because of the fact that I have been concerned for a long time that we haven't harmonized our energy, our economy…