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Senate Bans Background Check Contractors From Reviewing Their Own Work

October 01, 2014 posted by Steve Brownstein

Federal background investigation contractors would no longer be able to perform a final review of their own work, under legislation passed by the Senate Sept. 18. The Preventing Conflicts of Interest with Contractors Act stems from contractor USIS, which improperly approved hundreds of thousands of its own investigations despite incomplete files, according to the government. Th Federal background investigation contractors would no longer be able to perform a final review of their own work, under legislation passed by the Senate Sept. 18.

 
  The Preventing Conflicts of Interest with Contractors Act stems from contractor USIS, which improperly approved hundreds of thousands of its own investigations despite incomplete files, according to the government.
 
  The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against USIS in January, accusing the company of delivering at least 665,000 background investigations from March 2008 through September 2012 that failed to undergo contractually required initial-quality reviews.
 
  Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who sponsored the legislation, said the bill is part of a larger push to reform federal security clearance processes to make sure events such as the Navy Yard shooting last September do not happen again.
 

  “We have been playing fast and loose with the background investigation process, and it’s past time to make wholesale reforms,” Tester said. “This bill is a step in the right direction, and I’m pleased it’s moving forward.”e Justice Department filed a lawsuit against USIS in January, accusing the company of delivering at least 665,000 background investigations from March 2008 through September 2012 that failed to undergo contractually required initial-quality reviews. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who sponsored the legislation, said the bill is part of a larger push to reform federal security clearance processes to make sure events such as the Navy Yard shooting last September do not happen again. “We have been playing fast and loose with the background investigation process, and it’s past time to make wholesale reforms,” Tester said. “This bill is a step in the right direction, and I’m pleased it’s moving forward.”

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