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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
I agree, most investigators are not investigating. I see so much written off and/or scheduled for in person because an investigator doesn’t think outside of what is listed or what…
It’s security theater
This guy’s investigation was presumably conducted “in person” and was apparently done horribly. Perhaps this is the case that will grab enough attention to swing us back into real “in…
Very doubtful that DCSA and the U.S. government will revert back to in person interviews.