Not Just JPL (Score 2, Informative)

I worked for the BLM, Department of Interior and anyone with administrative access to workstations or servers had to go through the same SF-85 FBI check. I'm sure that this idiocy is going on everywhere in the Federal system. An interesting side-effect is that the FBI/OPM is is so far behind that many prospective employees take other job offers before their investigation is complete. Many positions are going unfilled and this adds to the government's sluggishness. The ID card program is a spectacular failure and only confirms the incompetence at the top.