The Office of Management and Budget has approved the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire, or PVQ, to replace the Standard Form-86 used for federal jobs requiring security clearances and other legacy vetting questionnaires for
MoreThe Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency hosted a virtual demonstration day to provide information on the latest National Background Investigation Services updates, DVIDS reported Tuesday. The NBIS Demo Day convened more than
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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has successfully migrated 100 federal agencies and 11,000 companies with classified contracts to the National Background Investigation Services eApplication, DVIDS reported Monday. DCSA said users can
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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has released a training video introducing a new security clearance application form collection platform that replaces the legacy Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing system. In the
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Industry hierarchy data in the Defense Information System for Security will migrate to the National Background Investigation Services system on April 1. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency said Thursday it advises
MoreBill Lietzau, director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), said DCSA hired at least 100 additional employees and added more mission areas at the start of fiscal year 2021 as
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The National Background Investigative System Directorate (NBIS) within the Department of Defense (DoD) has established integrated environments on Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud and installed DevSecOps tools to facilitate collaboration among developers, security teams,
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Terry Carpenter, program executive officer for the National Background Investigation Service, said the agency has adopted artificial intelligence and digital tools to collect and sort information on candidates to speed up the
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Mark Nehmer, technical director for the Defense Security Service’s National Background Investigative Services, said that artificial intelligence can significantly help government officials in conducting background investigations, the Department of Defense said Monday.
MoreA Pentagon memorandum directs the director of the Defense Security Service to assume responsibility for the Defense Information Systems Agency’s National Background Investigation Service to build up the Department of Defense’s personnel
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