Post by John M. on May 21st, 2017 at 11:56pm
Here’s the Committee on Homeland Security’s report to Congress.
Some interesting comments in this. Most noticeably, last month, the CBP piloted a "revised version" of its polygraph examination with the intention to improve polygraph “pass” rates.
- “(the Bill) can provide CBP with immediate relief so that they are able to quickly, yet judiciously, hire officers and agents from a pool of applicants that already maintain the public’s trust and put their lives on the line for our security and safety on a daily basis.”
- “We are simply losing ground every single month, and there is no end in sight as we continue to lose agents and officers through attrition, without the ability to quickly hire new ones. At the current hiring rate, approximately 150–200 applicants go through the process in order to hire one agent or officer. This means CBP needs to have hundreds of thousands of people apply just to meet their current needs. Hiring more agents and officers will boost our national security and bring good jobs to our local economy.”
- “The Committee is concerned with CBPs inability to reach its current authorized employment levels and the impact to the Nation’s security and economic growth causes by CBP officer and agent shortage. As a result, the Committee is providing this temporary waiver authority for these three, narrowly tailored exemptions to alleviate the immediate shortage of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents while changes are piloted to the polygraph examination.”
- “Though the Committee recognizes that this measure may improve, on a limited basis, CBP’s ability to onboard new employees, there are larger challenges associated with the hiring process, most especially as relates to the polygraph program. The Committee intends to carry out oversight of the use of this waiver authority in addition to any reforms CBP may consider for the administration of its pre-employment polygraph examinations. The Committee is aware that CBP launched a pilot to test a revised version of its polygraph examination in late April 2017 with the intention of improving pass rates, shortening the overall time needed to administer the polygraph, and potentially address concerns about how these polygraphs are administered.”
Legislation begins tomorrow at noon on C-SPAN – set your DVRs!
https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?action=downloadfile;file=CRPT-115hrpt121.pdf ( 265 KB | Downloads )
Some interesting comments in this. Most noticeably, last month, the CBP piloted a "revised version" of its polygraph examination with the intention to improve polygraph “pass” rates.
- “(the Bill) can provide CBP with immediate relief so that they are able to quickly, yet judiciously, hire officers and agents from a pool of applicants that already maintain the public’s trust and put their lives on the line for our security and safety on a daily basis.”
- “We are simply losing ground every single month, and there is no end in sight as we continue to lose agents and officers through attrition, without the ability to quickly hire new ones. At the current hiring rate, approximately 150–200 applicants go through the process in order to hire one agent or officer. This means CBP needs to have hundreds of thousands of people apply just to meet their current needs. Hiring more agents and officers will boost our national security and bring good jobs to our local economy.”
- “The Committee is concerned with CBPs inability to reach its current authorized employment levels and the impact to the Nation’s security and economic growth causes by CBP officer and agent shortage. As a result, the Committee is providing this temporary waiver authority for these three, narrowly tailored exemptions to alleviate the immediate shortage of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents while changes are piloted to the polygraph examination.”
- “Though the Committee recognizes that this measure may improve, on a limited basis, CBP’s ability to onboard new employees, there are larger challenges associated with the hiring process, most especially as relates to the polygraph program. The Committee intends to carry out oversight of the use of this waiver authority in addition to any reforms CBP may consider for the administration of its pre-employment polygraph examinations. The Committee is aware that CBP launched a pilot to test a revised version of its polygraph examination in late April 2017 with the intention of improving pass rates, shortening the overall time needed to administer the polygraph, and potentially address concerns about how these polygraphs are administered.”
Legislation begins tomorrow at noon on C-SPAN – set your DVRs!
https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?action=downloadfile;file=CRPT-115hrpt121.pdf ( 265 KB | Downloads )