Reading Room Document

Authority of Federal Agencies to Investigate and Screen Non-Federal Employees Before Granting Them Access to Unclassified Information in Federal Computer Systems

Federal Computer Systems—Access by Contractor Employees—Authority to Screen for Security Purposes (31 U.S.C. § 18a; 5 U.S.C. §§ 301, 552a; 44 U.S.C. § 3102)—Due Process The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/22171/download.

October 1, 1979