How did Executive Order 13467 affect the different types of personnel vetting domains?

• A. It formally aligned the different vetting domains of suitability, fitness, national security, and credentialing.
• B. It eliminated the credentialing domain.
• C. It created a new category called operational vetting.
• D. It left all domains unchanged.

Answer: (A)

Executive Order 13467 aimed to bring consistency to federal personnel vetting by aligning the different tracks—suitability, fitness, national security, and credentialing—into one coordinated framework. This formal alignment means decisions about eligibility are based on a single, shared approach, using common standards and data that can be shared across agencies. The result is a more streamlined process with less duplication and faster adjudication, while ensuring that risk factors considered in one domain are incorporated in others. It does not eliminate the credentialing domain, nor does it create a new category or leave the domains untouched; it ties them together under an integrated vetting approach.