White House unveils National Background Investigation Bureau, which will absorb OPM’s Federal Investigative Services. The Defense Department will assume responsibility for design, development, security and operation of the background investigation IT systems for the NBIB. The move comes after completion of an administration study on how the government conducts security clearance reviews in the wake of last year’s OPM hack. Security-clearance attorney Sean Bigley questions why any responsibility for conducting security clearances would be left with OPM. “This entire process needs to be moved out of OPM and into a true national security agency,” he says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/dod-to-design-security-clearance-systems-a-8827