BI

While it would be nice to talk about Business Intelligence, I'm going to touch on a different BI today; the Background Investigation. We have 5 different levels of investigation that we can initiate for people supporting the agency. They are:

1. Finger Print
2. NACI
3. MBI
4. BI
5. SSBI

The Finger Print is quick, easy and for very low risk positions. In fact, I don't think that anyone working on a contract for which I am the COR has just a Finger Print check. The most common is the National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI). This typically costs $100 and is the most common investigation. The Minimum Background Investigation costs about $525 and this is the check that I request for anyone who is an administrator or who has access to the production environment. As the opportunity to do harm increases, the level of investigation should also increase so that we don't allow people with a history of doing bad things the opportunity to repeat that deed. The standard Backgrount Investigation (BI) cost $2825 and is a significant investigation. The highest BI here is an SSBI or Single Scope Background Investigation. This is only used for specialized positions.

All of the contractors working for me undergo some BI. Sometimes there are vendors out there who choose to not submit a BI form for someone working on the project. That is a mistake in my opinion. Everyone who is billed better have a BI in place or at least in process. I check all the time. I don't mean to be a jerk about it, but this is a hard and fast rule, and there is no gray area.