Security Clearance news
Background Investigator and Adjudicator National Training Standards
In August of 2012 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), in collaboration with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM,) approved National Training Standards for individuals performing background investigations, national security adjudications, and suitability adjudications. The overall objective of NTS certification is to equip all personnel performing work
USIS Contracts Ended, Investigators Search for New Employment
It turns out a cyber attack was the straw that broke the back of embattled security clearance investigation firm USIS. Late last evening it was announced that the Office of Personnel Management is ending its contracts with USIS. The firm had been under a stop-work order for the past month,
My manager told me I was assigned to 158% capacity to allow for attrition of cases. This makes no sense to me. No way I can work like that and…
I guarantee if the vendors gave investigators more manageable workloads that cases would get done quicker.
The only way you can make P’s high numbers is working off the clock which they’ve been sued for so many times I can’t count when they were going by…
This job is the absolute worst. It’s not because of the work itself, it’s the upper echelon at the contractors that make the job more stressful. They treat investigators and…