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 | 10.23.2023
QUANTICO, Va. – Cleared industry and federal agencies have transitioned into the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) eApplication (eApp) for the initiation and submission of standard investigative forms, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) announced Oct. 23. This transition – encompassing more than 100 Federal agencies and 11,000 companies with......
Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 07.14.2023
QUANTICO, Va. – “DCSA (Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency) has the opportunity to do something really, really special in the federal government.” Over the course of an hour, Matthew Eanes – Director of the Performance Accountability Council’s Program Management Office (PAC PMO) – amplified this statement about the possibilities that no other agency, command or......
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 Elizabeth Alber | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 12.07.2022
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) continues its transformation as leadership of the agency’s Program Executive Office (PEO) transferred during a Change of Charter Ceremony, Nov. 15. DCSA Director William Lietzau presided over the event, accepting the charter from outgoing PEO Terry Carpenter and transferring it to incoming PEO Jeff Smith, who recently served as......
Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 10.21.2022
DCSA's National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) program provides an NBIS Industry Day to cleared industry security professionals on the agile, unified personnel vetting platform comprising background investigations, adjudications and continuous vetting – in terms of a house under construction....
Story by John Joyce | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 09.30.2022
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is celebrating two anniversaries in October 2022 thanks to a Secretary of Defense memorandum issued 50 years ago. The memorandum signed by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird established the Defense Investigative Service (DIS), which became operational on Oct. 1, 1972. DOD Directive 5105.42 designated DIS as a separate operating......
Courtesy Story | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | 05.17.2022
What is NBIS? The National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) is the federal government’s end-to-end information technology system for personnel vetting. NBIS will be used for initiation, application submission, background investigation, adjudication, and continuous vetting; an all-in-one consolidated system. Smaller federal, non-Department of Defense agencies are currently......
