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TRANSFORMING BACKGROUND CHECKS: THE PERSONNEL ASSESSMENT & SCREENING SYSTEM (PASS)

People who decide security clearances in today’s world face serious problems: mounting backlogs of urgent cases, early overwhelming amounts of paper-based information, countless data points that have to be manually correlated, a shortage of vetted personnel to perform assessments, and the risk that sensitive data will be accessed by the wrong people.

Now a revolutionary Personnel Assessment & Screening System (PASS) can go to work to solve these problems – with speed and accuracy never before possible.

A Leap Forward in Investigative Analysis
PASS is an intelligent background investigation application that instantly raises the user’s performance to extraordinary highs. It enables adjudicators to make rapid and correct decisions. At the same time, the application assures enhanced security.

PASS is an Associate System powered by ASI’s breakthrough PreAct^® Software. It combines a powerful cognitive engine with a wealth of knowledge from key subject-matter experts. PASS electronically stores huge amounts of case data, background information, and investigator reports. It also processes the information using advanced reasoning techniques that leverage experts’ knowledge. The result is an Associate that enables the user to do much more, much faster.

Unprecedented Capabilities and Benefits
The PASS application redefines the state of the art for analysis technologies. The program:

• Performs an adjudication for an applicant’s suitability
• Applies best practice doctrines such as the DCID 6/4 Personnel Security Standards & Procedures
• Uses subject-matter expertise including published PERSEREC analysis and individual teams of experienced adjudicators.
• Increases efficiency by automatically managing workflow
• Identifies applications with missing information
• Identifies immediate disqualifiers in applicant data
• Highlights areas for further investigation
• Provides insights useful for polygraph exams
• Track activities of newly hired applicants to identify insider threats
• Serves as a training tool for junior adjudicators
• Prevents brain drain caused by absence of senior, experienced staff

Product of Joint Development
ASI collaborated with L-3 / SYColeman Corporation and Paladin Strategy Partners LLC in the development of PASS.

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