Responding to customer feedback, Foransic are pleased to announce the release of eVett v0.2 today. These updates underline some of the key principals of eVett, to drive up the accuracy of the Vetting Process whilst simplifying the Applicant’s experience.
Key Additions
- Linked Clearance Applications
- NSV Application Sub States
- Lapsing and Withdrawing Clearances
Linked Clearance Applications
If an applicant applies for a BPSS and Higher Clearance together, eVett will now link the two applications to minimize the overhead for approvals and emails. Linked applications show a reference to the linked clearance record in their detail pages. An approver will only receive a single email for both and will provide a single justification and approval for the clearances. Additional logic ensures that if the BPSS is withdrawn, then the Higher Clearance will automatically be withdrawn. However failure to obtain authority approval for the Higher Clearance will not automatically withdraw the linked BPSS Clearance.
NSV Application Sub States
Additional status can now be tracked when a clearance is in the final stages of approval. This allows the Vetting team to record the date at which their sponsor actions have been completed on the external authority portal, as well as the date at which the Applicant has completed theirs. The search capability on the Manage Clearances screen has been enhanced to allow searching on the status of these items if already searching for Applications in the relevant workflow states.
Lapsing and Withdrawing Clearances
Clearances that have been fully approved can be manually Lapsed (moved to a Lapsed state) by the Vetting team to indicate circumstances where an individual has left HPE. When Lapsing a clearance, the date will default to ‘today’ but can be overridden to indicate a past date if necessary. Lapsed clearance records can later be returned to the active states by the Vetting team were the individual to return to engagement with HPE, thus avoiding a repeat application.