National Background Investigation Services - Software Pilot Program

Abstract

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) acquires, develops, and deploys software to support the development of a modernized Federal Government background investigations information technology (IT) system(s) to replace the current OPM legacy IT systems 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 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 information, protect the identities, lives, and livelihoods of the BI applicants and the family members and associates identified as part of BI 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 prioritizing 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, 2023
• Source ID: 0608197V_8_0400_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding The FY 2023 increase will continue the agile development on the secure end to end modernized architecture for USG Personnel Vetting Enterprise. The increase provides investigative, adjudicative and continuous vetting capabilities consistent with emerging Trusted Workforce 2.0 requirements supporting an initial operating capability. Funding supports the integration of Defense Information System for Security (DISS) functionality into the NBIS. The funding increase includes the Continuous Evaluation/Continuous Vetting (CE/CV) on the high-side that automates the processing of alerts that come in on the two classified fabrics. In addition, funding will support the transition to NBIS supporting the DoD case management requirements and provides support to start the decommissioning of high-cost legacy services.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Agile Software Development
• Computer Security Software
• Computing System Architectures
• Contracts
• Data Centers
• Espionage
• Information Systems
• Infrastructure
• Insider Threats
• Lessons Learned
• Maintenance
• Network Architecture
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Security
• Test And Evaluation
• Training

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Government and Public Administration Law.