As a minimum all government employees must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and for roles of a more sensitive nature higher levels of clearance are required. Although BPSS is comprehensive in assessing the eligibility of an individual to work in government, it doesn’t offer a comprehensive identity check. We are looking into strengthening employee vetting by validating the identity of individuals in addition to checking their eligibility.
The goal of this discovery is to explore:
To help achieve the goals of the discovery, we will be looking into:
We are keen to speak to more local authorities about their recruitment and vetting processes.
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