New US Background Investigations Bureau to Open

A new U.S. government bureau opens Monday to strengthen the security clearance process that has suffered from backlogs and a security breach that compromised the information of more than 20 million Americans. The National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) will be integrated with the Department of Defense, which will handle network security. The bureau's first director, Charles Phalen, will take up his post Saturday. He spent 30 years working at the Central Intelligence...

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