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New NBIB bureau will fix what isn't broken at OPM
[The White House] Today, the Administration is announcing a series of changes to modernize and strengthen how the Federal Government performs and safeguards background investigations for its employees and contractors.The Federal Government is responsible for issuing, handling and storing much of America's most important data. The Government also performs key functions with these data, such as conducting background investigations to assess whether individuals may serve as Federal employees, members of the Armed Forces, or contractors, be granted access to its facilities and information systems, and be trusted with classified and other sensitive information. As the world's technologies continue to evolve and our economy becomes ever more digitally connected, the Federal Government's tools, systems, and processes for managing such sensitive information and conducting background investigations must keep pace with these advancements in order to better anticipate, detect, and counter malicious activities, as well as threats posed by trusted insiders who may seek to do harm to the Government's personnel, property, and information systems. Today's announcement comes after an interagency 90-Day Suitability and Security review commenced last year in light of increasing cyber security threats, including the compromise of information housed at OPM, to re-examine reforms to the Federal background investigations process, assess additional enhancements to further secure information networks and systems, and determine improvements that could be made to the way the Government conducts background investigations for suitability, security and credentialing. Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-29 |
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