Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 11.21.2023
QUANTICO, Va. – The National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) Training Office provided a system demonstration to thousands of NBIS users and stakeholders during the latest NBIS Demo Day hosted by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). More than 5,300 participants from federal agencies and industry attended the virtual demonstration held in the wake of their......
Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 04.14.2023
QUANTICO, Va. – The National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) eApplication (eApp) – a new and more user-friendly interface for applicants submitting standard investigative forms – is replacing the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (eQIP) functionality, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) announced April 12. The ‘NBIS eApp......
Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 03.20.2023
A Civil Service Commission (CSC) experiment testing the ability of Iron Mountain-based employees to take on the workload of 10 National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) regional offices evolved over 46 years into a mailroom where millions of pieces of mail, including background investigation documents, are processed annually. The experiment – a resounding success – began in 1977 when......
Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 12.01.2021
QUANTICO, Va. – Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Director William Lietzau officially chartered a new DCSA Program Executive Office (PEO) in a ceremony held on Nov. 30. Lietzau – in his capacity as the agency’s component acquisition executive – presented the charter certificate to recognize and authorize Terry Carpenter as the PEO’s first program executive......
