NBIB Transfer to DoD

(AP/Jacquelyn Martin)The Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Budget shortfalls obstruct needed improvements across OPM, IG says

A persistent funding shortfall at the Office of Personnel Management is limiting just about everything the agency does, from processing retirement claims…

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Agencies facing reorganization, relocation suffer major drops on Best Places to Work rankings

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IG’s concerns over OPM-GSA merger persist as reorganization remains in flux

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DoD: Initial security clearance transfer complete, now real work begins

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NBIB employees get official offers to transfer to DoD’s security clearance agency

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Background investigations moving from OPM to DoD, what comes next will make or break them

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Nicole Ogrysko/Federal News NetworkMembers of the American Federation of Government Employees on Tuesday protested against the Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger. (Nicole Ogrysko/Federal News Network)

‘We’re terrified.’ AFGE members rally against proposed OPM-GSA merger

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DoD changes name of security clearance agency, appoints new leadership

The Defense Department has officially assumed responsibility for the governmentwide security clearance portfolio and has named new leadership to oversee…

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How NBIB slashed the security clearance backlog by 300,000 in nearly a year

A healthy inventory of pending security clearances is at last within reach, as the National Background Investigations Bureau prepares to transfer its resources,…

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DISA, DSS award second OTA to build governmentwide security clearance system

The Defense Department awarded a $75 million other transaction agreement to Perspecta, the contractor it hired a year ago to construct a separate piece of the National Background Investigation System.

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