In order toavoidaskingapplicants to submitupdated supporting documentation more than once, a newsimplified applicationprocesshas been introduced for most federal skilled workers.
Given the dearth of attention to conditioning the security-relevant activities of companies that receive federal contracts (by way of the General Services Administration's applicationprocess), such business operations will likely increase as economic activity recovers in emerging markets.
In April, the group finally got an air permit--the document needed to demonstrate it's complying with federal and state pollution laws--five years after it began the applicationprocess.
But using it in the life-insurance applicationprocess would "raise questions" about whether the data would be subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, says Rebecca Kuehn of the Federal Trade Commission's division of privacy and identity protection.