It is expected that the Executive Branch will endorse some recommendations and have questions regarding others. The Commission is interested in the community's thoughts on the overall thrust of the report. The report does not call for the elimination of neighborhood checks, but questions whether they are needed all the time. The report tries to take into account limited resources. In regard to reciprocity, it was noted by the Commission that Personnel Investigation Standards and Adjudicative Guidelines represent the minimum standards agencies have to follow.
Agencies can still add other requirements which stop short of true reciprocity.
The members were advised that the draft Action Plan is an assimilation of the recommendations made by the Commission and provides some thoughts on how the implementation of the recommendations should be addressed within and outside the SPB structure. Mr. Appel indicated that the Secrecy CommissionReport has high level attention and that there will be some upper level movement regarding the recommendations. The President has welcomed the report, and current actions by the Forum may be impacted. However, the Forum was advised to move ahead with their plan and not wait for upper level direction. Mr. William Davidson noted that some of the actions in the plan appeared defensive and they may not be reflective of all the Forum member views.