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MARADMIN 279/06

Managing Expenses for Personnel Security Investigations

This MARADMIN implements new submission timelines for Periodic Reinvestigations (PRs) for personnel security clearances, effective immediately. Previously submitted 6 months before expiration, PRs will now be submitted at the expiration of the current investigation, with intervals of 5 years for Top Secret/SCI, 10 years for Secret, and 15 years for Confidential clearances.

Issued: June 16, 2006
1. REF A DIRECTS THE MODIFICATION OF SUBMISSION
TIMELINES FOR PERIODIC REINVESTIGATIONS (PR). PREVIOUSLY, PRS WERE
SUBMITTED SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE CURRENT
INVESTIGATION. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE PR SUBMISSION SCHEDULE
WILL BE MODIFIED SO THAT PRS ARE SUBMITTED AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE
CURRENT INVESTIGATION. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE APPLIES. PRS FOR TOP
SECRET, SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION AND CERTAIN SPECIAL
ACCESS PROGRAMS WILL BE SUBMITTED EVERY 5 YEARS. THOSE PRS REQUIRED
FOR CONTINUED SECRET ACCESS WILL BE SUBMITTED EVERY 10 YEARS AND
EVERY 15 YEARS FOR CONTINUED ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 
REQUESTS FOR PRS WILL BE SUBMITTED NO EARLIER THAN THESE TIMEFRAMES.
2. REF A MAY BE FOUND ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SECURITY
WEBSITE AT HTTP:(SLASH
SLASH)WWW.NAVYSECURITY.NAVY.MIL(SLASH)DOCUMENTS(SLASH)PERSONNEL(SLASH
)PSI-6U871156JUN06.PDF
3. ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MR.
W.T. POTTS, JR. OR MS. DEBORAH HOPEWELL, HQMC (ARS), COMM (703)
614-2320, OR DSN 224-2320.