Credit Checks May Be Required for Some Level I NACI Background Investigations 

While credit checks are not normally part of a Level 1 NACI background investigation, beginning Monday, October 27, individuals who indicate that they have outstanding delinquent federal debt on their OF 306 will be required to complete a credit release.  The OF 306 is a required form for all background investigations.  If an individual answers YES to question 13 on the form (Figure 1), he/she must provide authorization for DPSAC to run the individual's credit report (Figure 2) to collect additional information on the outstanding debt.

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The HSPD-12 Program Office will be offering basic and advanced NED classes on Monday, November 17, 2014. This training is designed to help beginners and advanced users quickly master NED in a hands-on computer lab environment. All classes are FREE!    

How to Enroll

The NED courses are posted on the CIT Training site where visitors can view availability for any class and receive a confirmation immediately after registering. The catalog of NED classes is posted at: http://training.cit.nih.gov/coursecatalog.aspx under "General Seminars." 

When you see a course you want to take, just click on the course name (listed in the right column of the table). You'll be taken to the HHS Learning Management System (LMS) where you can register for the course online.

To log onto the HHS Learning Management System you can use either your PIV card and PIN or your NIH credentials. If you experience any difficulties accessing the LMS, please contact the CIT Training Program at 301-594-6248 or send an e-mail to: cittraining@mail.nih.gov.    

The NED Team recently deployed NED version 3.7 that includes important functional enhancements that provide the capability to collect and manage NIH employee Emergency Tier Designation (ETD) information and make this data available for use by external systems.  For information about the NIH Emergency Tier Designation Program, please visit: https://intrahr.od.nih.gov/documents/ETD/ETDGuidelines.pdf.  

News Briefs

Veterans Day Celebration 2014 at NIH

Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Access Control Changes Begin November 1 

 

 

Veterans Day Celebration 2014 at NIH

In recognition of the service and continued contribution of our veterans, the NIH community is invited to the 2014 NIH Veterans Day Celebration. The event will be held on November 5, 2014 in Masur Auditorium in Building 10 on the NIH Campus from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., followed by an array of exhibits and refreshments in South Lobby from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NIH, will recognize Veterans contributions and introduce the guest speaker. Maureen Gormley, R.N., Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, NIH Clinical Center, will make opening remarks. All are welcome to come and support our veterans. NIH veterans, spouses, and family members of veterans are especially encouraged to attend.

This year's keynote speaker will be Commander Everett Alvarez Jr., (USN Ret.), who was the first American pilot to be shot down and held as a prisoner-of-war (POW) in North Vietnam. Commander Alvarez spent over eight years in captivity, making him the second longest-held POW in American history.

This event is being organized by members of the NIH Veterans Recruitment and Retention Force (VRF) in partnership with the Office of Human Resources.

Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations to participate in this event should contact Jayne Lura-Brown (luraj@de45.nidr.nih.gov) or 301-594-5392, and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).

In addition to regular shuttle services, there will be Special Event Shuttle Services picking up along their normal routes starting at 9:00 a.m. and arriving at the Building 10 South Entrance by 9:30 a.m.:

- 1st Shuttle: Executive Plaza

- 2nd Shuttle: Rockledge

- 3rd Shuttle: Twinbrook, 2635 Fishers Lane (special one stop)

Return shuttle service to these locations will depart from Building 10 at 11:15 a.m. An additional shuttle to Twinbrook will depart at 11:30 a.m.           

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Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Access Control Changes Begin November 1  

The following article was prepared by the NSAB Public Affairs Office and appears in 'The Journal, the Naval Support Activity Bethesda, October 23, 2014.'

     

Changes to installation access control procedures are coming to Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) and will take effect November 1, 2014.
        

"These procedures will align NSAB with Department of Defense (DOD) installation access requirements," explained Hans Semple, NSAB installation access control officer. "This will greatly enhance the security posture of the installation to better serve our patients, staff and visitors," he said.

Identification (ID) credentials used to gain access to NSAB include:

• DOD Common Access Card (CAC)
• DOD military retiree, dependents and other DOD beneficiary ID cards
• Veterans' Administration beneficiary ID cards (with a valid medical reason to enter the installation)
• Navy Commercial Access Control System ID (NCACS, RapidGate ®)
• U.S. Civil Service retiree ID
• U.S. Government-authenticated federal PIV credentials (for entry on official business only)
• NSAB Access Credential ID
• NSAB one-day or temporary pass

Semple added that it is important to point out that Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and Armed Forces Radiological Research Institute state ID badges will no longer be accepted for installation access.

 

All other requirements and uses for these badges will remain in effect.

The process to request access for visitors will change as well. There will be three methods for visitors to gain access to NSAB:

• Visitors may be escorted onto the installation by a DOD civil service employee, military member, dependent or reservist
   
• Through a pre-vetted access list. Requesters will submit an access request and completed SECNAV Form 5512/1 through the appropriate channels, at least three working days (Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays and government closure days) in advance. Criminal history and sex offender background checks will be conducted. If the prospective visitor passes these checks, his/her name will be placed on the pre-vetted access list at each NSAB entry control point. Visitors will not be placed on this list without completing this entire process.
   
• Pick up a pass. Requesters must submit a prospective visitor's name through the correct channels, and instruct the visitor to the NSAB Visitor Control Center (Pass and ID Bldg. 102 at North Gate/Gate 1) from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Criminal history and sex offender background checks will be conducted. If the prospective visitor passes these checks, s/he will be issued a temporary pass.

Per CNICINST 5530.14A, "NCACS (RAPIDGate) is an enterprise identity management and perimeter access control solution designed to manage commercial vendors, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, and service providers (vendors and contractors) who are not eligible for the Common Access Care (CAC) coming aboard CNIC installations."

This includes contract employees who are not eligible for a CAC due to the nature of their job. NCACS is optional, however those who would normally be issued an NCACS credential but decline to receive it will be required to report to the Visitor and Control Center (Pass & ID) every day, await criminal history and sex offender background checks and obtain a one-day pass.

"There are still many personnel on NSAB who fit the criteria for NCACS, but have not yet enrolled," Semple emphasized. "Enrollment needs to take place immediately if those needing access to NSAB want to get into NCACS by the time these changes take place November 2."