Federal Investigative Services Division Explained

Federal Investigative Services (FIS) was a U.S. Government agency within the United States Office of Personnel Management responsible for performing security clearance investigations.^{[1] [2]} In January 2016 the Obama administration announced that the agency would be replaced with the new National Background Investigations Bureau following a series of intelligence failures^[3] and investigations conducted into USIS (company) for contract fraud.

See also

• USIS
• Department of the Navy Central Adjudication Facility
• Edward Snowden
• Blake Percival

Notes and References

1. News: White House turns to Pentagon in U.S. background checks shake-up . Reuters . January 22, 2016 . January 22, 2016 . Ayesha Rascoe and Dustin Volz.
2. https://www.opm.gov/investigations/ Office of Personnel Management - Federal Investigative Services - Background Checks
3. News: White House creates agency to handle background checks. The Washington Examiner.