Year
1988
Abstract
The FLOW GEMINI Personnel Assurance System (PASS) is a computer-based software system designed to support personnel hiring, assignment and evaluation decisions in organizations where it is critically important to protect against insider threats. PASS consists of a pre-defined data base, standard system and several tools for tailoring the standard system and developing additional reports and queries. The Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other federal and state agencies are markedly increasing their requirements for applicant background investigations and on-going personnel assessment. The DOE's soonto- be-announced Personnel Security Assurance Program (PSAP) is an example. Such programs vastly increase the workload of an organization and make it virtually impossible, in all but the smallest organizations, to manually process and integrate the information from the many groups that are involved. This is a result of the amount and complexity of the information and the fact that the groups are usually both administratively and geographically separate. Even in the most straight-forward situation, Personnel, Security, Safety and Medical Departments must be involved in data collection, analysis and assessment.