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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
Likewise I’ve been told “oh heck no” to a country other than China. Some folks have special rules, and as someone mentioned, those folks know who they are.
Like most things in this world, it depends. Does this person maintain contact with relatives/friends who are still Russian? Are any of those friends/family members connected to Russian military/intel/defense? How…
Why are you even worried about right now? You haven’t even seen her. Go on your date and see what happens. Put it this way, if it turns out to…
So i did get clarification on her resident status. She is under some protected status due to war in ukraine and she is trying to be a citizen. I guess…