Yes, NSA’s high profile failure with Booz Allen is a great example of why some things should not be outsourced.

But it’s the same clearance process and standard if you’re outsourced or not - they don’t do anything extra if you’re inside a service.

This has not been my experience. I was FSO for my organization. I was responsible for periodic training and internal audits. I have no way to know how well any other FSO or any other organization ran their periodic training and internal audits.

Yes, the check by the government is the same.

Is it? It's not like the various intelligence agencies haven't had their share of on-the-payroll moles.

In my own experience with such organizations, we were less worried about moles than by inconsistencies in vetting, training, and process.

Docusign is certainly managing many proprietary documents.

I agree that it is likely that they outsource like other organizations. I still don’t think it is a good idea.