New Agency to Oversee Security Clearances

The federal government is making a series of changes to modernize and strengthen the way it conducts background investigations for employees and contractors and to protect sensitive data. The heart of these changes includes the establishment of the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB).

"The government has a responsibility to determine the fitness of federal employees, members of the Armed Forces, and contractors for the jobs they are hired into and for the sensitive work they d