The Senate Armed Services Committee's latest defense policy bill directs the Defense Department to take over background investigations for military personnel and contractors over the next three years, as lawmakers aim to fix the "broken" process. The Senate panel's fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill directs a "phased transition" of DOD background investigations from the Office of Personnel Management's National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) to the Defense Security Service no later than Oct. 1, 2020. The bill directs the Pentagon...
