National Background Investigation Services - Software Pilot Program

Abstract

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency acquires, develops, and deploys software and manages digital talent to support the development of a modernized Federal Government background investigation information technology (IT) systems(s) to replace the current legacy IT systems formerly the responsibility of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and provide a highly secured infrastructure. DoD assumed modernization efforts beginning in FY 2017, as decided by the Interagency Deputies Committee and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Funds support the development, sustainment, technical refresh of hardware and software, Cloud migration, and program management costs to develop and field a modernized Federal Investigation System. This modernized capability's data architecture will leverage and extend the existing secure Information Technology capabilities inherent to DoD infrastructure to the federal wide background investigation processes and data archives. This approach will provide essential security of this information and in turn protect the identities, lives, and livelihoods of these people, and the family members and associates identified as part of these records. The aim is to avert or eliminate the continuous and dynamic threat of identity theft, financial espionage and other attacks on this personal information, while providing a secure basis for background investigations necessary to Federal and DoD operations. Using proven data architecture and identifiable security, DCSA will leverage critical and inherent information technology (IT) security capabilities; identify means and methods to efficiently and securely access digital services; enhance systems necessary to operate the background investigation processes and associated vast reservoirs of data and interfaces; provide Government-wide tools to assist agencies with workforce management; and, develop and provide investigative products that comply with the new, Federal Investigations Standards and Workforce 2.0. Resources will be used to implement and sustain agency network upgrades and security software maintenance to ensure a stronger, more reliable, and better protected network architecture for conducting background investigations. Costs include program management activities, payroll for security specialists, engineers, data architects, and business process management activities to develop, test, and deploy the new capability. As capabilities are fielded NBIS and DCSA will provide system maintenance, security licenses and operational support to the system and users worldwide.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0608197V_8_0400_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: Supports execution of software development, procurement, modification, and operations and maintenance using RDT&E for pilot programs specified in BA 8.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Agile Software Development
• Computer Security Software
• Computing System Architectures
• Counterintelligence
• Cyberattacks
• Data Centers
• Governments
• Information Systems
• Infrastructure
• Insider Threats
• Maintenance
• Personnel Management
• Procurement
• Program Management
• Security
• Software Development
• Software Testing

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.