The new government-wide system, called NBIS, aims to greatly improve federal background investigations, says DISA’s Vice Adm. Norton. A new information technology system from the Defense Information ...

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency conducts background investigations for approximately 105 federal agencies as a reimbursable service through a working capital fund. For the third ...

Uncle Sam now has access to your credit report. Even if you’ve frozen it with the major credit bureaus. The National Background Investigations Bureau issued a Federal Investigations Notice in early ...

One interagency official said a long-awaited implementation strategy for the National Background Investigation Services system would be released this week. Security Clearances Two government officials ...

While President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is beginning the process to undergo an FBI background check, the intensive review may not provide the ...

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has reduced the background investigation backlog from a high of about 725,000 cases in April 2018 to 231,000, according to leader William Evanina.

The Pentagon agency that vets federal employees hasn’t worked hard enough to protect its IT systems and the sensitive personnel data they store, according to a watchdog report. “While [the Defense ...

CACI International Inc. CACI recently received a $2.25 billion background investigation fieldwork services contract from the United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Counterintelligence and ...

The Department of Defence (DOD) needs to enhance the cybersecurity of its background investigation systems, according to a report published this week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The ...

The National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) system has launched the eApp program, to replace the functionality currently provided by e-QIP. The National Background Investigation Services ...

After the arrest of a high-ranking Department of Education official and the subsequent revelation that his background check was never completed despite years of DOE employment, the city's Department ...