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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
FWIW FSO’s do not get notifications when an RSI pops up on one of our employees. I see them in DISS profiles but only if I’m checking for something else…
Maybe send out a blanket statement that if you work here, break the law, don’t pay your bills, have unreported foreign activities/contacts/travel, etc. etc. etc., expect a phone call to…
So I worked with at least one agency that had a team of people who would contact SUBJECTS/INDIVIDUALS beforehand, so when the case was assigned to the investigator they had…
that is exactly what needs to happen. maybe I’ll suggest it to my higher up. I really get anxiety just getting assigned a RSI because I already know it’s going…