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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 all about “where your physical body” was located at during each period so that law checks can be run for all the jurisdictions. Your permanent address isn’t relevant if…
also use your amazon account as a reference!
The credit report point only goes so far; it won’t capture duty stations or the guard/reserve active periods the last poster is asking about. On that question, the duplicate-entries headache…
On the credit report suggestion, that only covers addresses tied to accounts, so gaps from rentals, school housing, or short stays often won’t show up. For the reserve/guard question, the…