IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION SERVICES ELECTRONIC APPLICATION

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SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION SERVICES 
ELECTRONIC APPLICATION// 
 
REF/A/DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY (DCSA), FEDERAL 
INVESTIGATIONS NOTICE 23-02, 17 APRIL 2023// 
REF/B/DOC/SECNAVINST/5510.30C/24 JANUARY 2020// 
 
REF/C/DOC/DODM 5105.21 VOLUME 3/19 OCTOBER 2012 INCORPORATING CHANGE 2 
EFFECTIVE 14 SEPTEMBER 2020// 
 
NARR/REF A IS THE DCSA, FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS NOTICE (FIN) 23-02 FOR 
COMPLETING AND PROCESSING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIVE FORMS (SF85, AND SF86).   
REF B IS SECNAVINST 5510.30C, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY 
PROGRAM.   
REF C IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION (SCI) 
ADMINISTRATIVE SECURITY MANUAL:  ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONNEL SECURITY, 
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY, AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES// 
 
POC/SANTOMAURO/STEVEN/GS-15/DUSN (I&S)/E-MAIL: DON_SECURITY_PERS(AT)NAVY.MIL 
/TEL: (703)601-0528// 
 
RMKS/1.  Effective immediately, the Department of the Navy shall implement 
the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) Electronic Application 
(E-APP) for processing background investigations and completing forms SF85 
and SF86 in accordance with references (a) through (c).  Additionally, NBIS 
E-APP is the approved method for continuous evaluation (CE) enrollment.  To 
avoid operational impacts, it is imperative for all commands and activities 
to successfully onboard and transition to E-APP. 
 
2.  The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the 
Chief Of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps will ensure 
all activity security managers (ASM), activity assistant security managers, 
special security officers (SSO), and human resource officials in 
administrative and operational chains of command are equipped and trained to 
transition to NBIS E-APP by 1 October 2023. 
 
3.  The DCSA and the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for 
Intelligence and Security will assist U.S. Navy Echelon I and II and 
Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) Deputy Commandant for Information Agency 
Deployment Team (ADT) members in their transition to NBIS to submit 
investigations through E-APP.  Echelon I and II Navy commands and HQMC DCI 
ASM will use a train-the-trainer approach to onboard subordinate commands to 
NBIS.  Commands are responsible for building their NBIS hierarchy for 
respective subordinate commands.  The ASM will be responsible for onboarding, 
provisioning, and training command special security officers, human resources 
professionals, or other personnel requiring access to or using E-
APP.  Training is located at:   
https://cdse.usalearning.gov/local/pwt_privacy_policy/view.php. 
 
4.  Subordinate command E-APP users must submit the following Department of 
Defense approved training to their respective ADTs before transitioning to 
NBIS: 
    a.  Cyber Awareness. 
    b.  Personally Identifiable Information training certificates with a 
completion date within the last 12 months. 
 
5.  In addition, the Personnel Security System Access Request DCSA DD form 
2962, Vol 2, Jan 2020, must be maintained by the ADT.  Be aware that NBIS 
hierarchy will have a consolidated collateral and sensitive compartments 
information Security Management Office (SMO).  To help with a clean 
transition to NBIS, the ASM must in-process personnel attached to the command 
and associate all personnel with the command's SMO code in NBIS. 
 
6.  Commands that have not transitioned to NBIS by 1 October 2023 could 
experience significant impact to personnel vetting and on-boarding 
activities.  Impacts will likely include the following: 
    a.  Inability to on-board individuals. 
    b.  Inability to enroll individuals in continuous evaluation. 
    c.  Inability to upgrade security clearances. 
    d.  Inability to grant interim/temporary access to classified 
information. 
    e.  Inability to process child-care vetting. 
 
7.  E-APP contains functionality to directly enroll individuals into CE.  The 
ASM or SSO is no longer required to use the extensible markup language file 
submission process for CE enrollment and must use the CE enrollment 
capabilities built into E-APP. 
 
8.  Released by the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy.// 
 
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