White House unveils National Background Investigation Bureau, which will absorb OPM’s Federal Investigative Services. Defense Department will assume responsibility for design, development, security and operation of the background investigation IT systems for the NBIB. White House: DoD will leverage DoD’s “significant national security, IT and cybersecurity expertise” Lawmakers, security experts and security experts have mixed reviews of the White House initiative. The move comes after a study on how the government conducts security clearance reviews in the wake of last year’s OPM hack.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/dod-to-design-security-clearance-systems-a-8827