Contractors are pushing DCSA for better visibility into continuous vetting timelines—and they’re right to ask. The shift away from periodic reinvestigations was supposed to speed things up, but some CV alerts are now creating new bottlenecks. When a cleared employee can’t transition to a new program because an alert sits open with no projected resolution date, that’s a mission impact, not just an HR headache.
The scale is real: DHS alone processed over 500,000 alerts last quarter, with a 13-day average adjudication. Energy flagged half a million in one quarter before switching systems. But industry doesn’t need raw alert counts—they need predictability. If you’re a facility security officer trying to staff a contract and DCSA can’t tell you whether a CV case will close in two weeks or two months, you’re flying blind.
DCSA says it’s working on better data sharing, and that’s the right move. Continuous vetting is the future, but the transition only works if both sides can plan around it. Until then, expect more friction as nearly a million contractor employees get enrolled and the alert triage process matures.