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Background Investigations

  Last month I wrote about the lack of information coming out of OPM about the new National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) regarding the details of when they will take over conducting background investigations from OPM’s Federal Investigation Services. Lo and behold, in a story posted this week on Federal

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Background Investigations

Back in January of this year OPM announced that it was standing up of a new agency, the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB), which would take over conducting background investigations from OPM’s Federal Investigative Services by October 2016 as a part of security clearance processing reforms. On August 23, 2016

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

A February 17, 2010 article at Government Computer News reported that: “The Homeland Security Department is nearly three years behind in getting Personal Identity Verification…
Security Clearance Process

An article in the Ventura County Star reports that Port Hueneme Navy officials didn't trust a security manager to keep classified information safe.  The security…
Security Clearance Denial

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