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NBIB Director Outlines Major Focuses for Background Investigations
In a recent interview with Security Management (ASIS Online), Charlie Phalen, Director of the National Background Investigations Bureau, outlined the challenges NBIB inherited from OPM’s Federal Investigative Services and what the focus is going forward. Phalen stated “there were two big main focuses. One is, there is this backlog of
Failure to Report Foreign Contacts Gets State Department Employee in Hot Water
There has been much discussion about what constitutes a foreign national contact when filling out the SF-86 or what the reporting requirements are under continuous evaluation. Opinions are diverse and open to a matter of interpretation. However, a State Department employee who had a Top Secret security clearance went a
It’s not how I feel it’s what I’ve heard from the Fed’s for years what I’m conveying. They seem to be an entitled bunch of whiners for only carrying 30%…
Duetooversight: an entitled bunch of whiners for only carrying 30% of their agency workload Some places I’ve worked, they don’t even carry that much.
Ding ding ding Correct! What goes up must come down.
Attention, be advised from this time forth please use the following introduction. “Hello my name is blah blah blah and I’m a Special Messenger working on your background investigation for…