The National Background Investigations Bureau is still running despite the partial government shutdown’s effects on the Office of Personnel Management, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
The bureau continues to run on funds that customer agencies pay for investigation work. The NBIB has managed to cut a backlog of 725,000Â investigations down to 600,000 between April and the end of 2018.
An official said the bureau intends to reduce the backlog to 300,000 this spring, the report noted.
Mark Milley Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff at the U.S. Army, said at a recent House defense appropriations subcommittee hearing the service branch plans to invest in...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a new white paper on securing 5G networks from cyberthreats. Developed by the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, or...
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The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command carried out a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, equipped with two test re-entry vehicles on...
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Sterling Thomas, a research scientist with decades of experience across the government, industry and academia, has taken on the chief scientist role at the Government Accountability Office. In...
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