Federal Investigative Services Division

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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.

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  1. ↑ Ayesha Rascoe and Dustin Volz (January 22, 2016). "White House turns to Pentagon in U.S. background checks shake-up". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Office of Personnel Management - Federal Investigative Services - Background Checks
  3. ↑ "White House creates agency to handle background checks". The Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
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