Today Foransic has released version eVett version 0.4. This version includes a number of significant enhancements:
- Enhanced User Profiles and Form Pre-population
- An updated List View Layout
- Updated Security Appraisal Form workflow
- The introduction of the Vetting manager Role type for internal BSVR approvals
- Revised and extended Notifications Management
User Profiles / Form Pre-population
Applicant User Profiles have been created to retain the most recent version of an Applicant’s core clearance, application and Security Appraisal Form information (note – just the subset that is retained throughout the lifetime of the clearance). This allows eVett to pre-populate any additional application forms with the most recent data that a User has provided, to reduce re-keying. Pre-set data entry can be changed by the User if required.
Updated List View Layout
This release introduces the concept of tabbed layouts for list views, and the action dropdown for each record. Where relevant, list views (specifically Clearance and SAF lists) are now split across multiple tabs to make the display of common searches faster. As the list of potential actions on an individual record has increased it is now easier to navigate directly to the action or view a user may wish as each record now has a dropdown with common actions available for a vetting user to switch directly to.
Updated Security Appraisal Form processing
The Security Appraisal Form (SAF) now has a dedicated workflow. If an applicant creates a SAF with no changes (such as a name change), eVett will automatically process the changes without Vetting team intervention. However if the Applicant is submitting a SAF with changes, or has lapsed clearances to restore, the SAF will be queued for the Vetting team to manually review. The vetting review phase allows the Vetting team to query information (similar to when an application for a clearance is made), and for the applicant to provide feedback, all within eVett. Finally the outcome of the SAF can be decided and update the User Profile.
Vetting Manager Role / BSVR Manager Approval
There is now a new role of Vetting Manager. A Vetting Manager can change the role of any user to be either an Applicant (default) , Vetting User or Vetting Manager (note: a user cannot change their own role). Where a BSVR has been signed by the Vetting user but also marked by the Vetting user as requiring manager approval, the BSVR will not complete and instead moves to a new state of ‘Awaiting Manager’. Later a Vetting Manager can open the same BSVR and provide a second signature at which point the BSVR will become ‘signed’.
Revised Notifications Management
The Notification module has been enhanced in this release. A number of additional notifications have been defined in line with HPE feedback on the previous release. It is also now possible to assign a notification template to be triggered against more than one workflow state change, as well as to create new scheduled notifications (reminders).