Some environments and Subjects are hospitable, some not so much. Memorize all required questions and follow-ups till they are second nature.
And go over any new changes like a sabermetrician going over box scores. Thoroughly learn the OPM Handbook (IHB), the SF forms, and any field guide inside and out. The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over by Jack Schafer and Marvin KarlinsĪnd if you do decide to work as a contractor BI, I have a huge piece of advice.
Even if you don’t pursue BI work, they would be helpful in any job or activity.įind Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime: Secrets of Calculated Questioning From a Veteran Interrogator by James Pyle and Maryann Karinch They will provide an excellent foundation and lessen the learning curve in the science, and mostly art, of questioning and eliciting pertinent, good info. Lastly, any anger that has been expressed here, directed at USIS the company (i.e., leadership), is not are two recently published books I would recommend that will help you in the BI job. If I were running the training program for OPM background investigators, I would assign two books to be read prior to classroom study: “The Like Switch” by Jack Schafer (retired FBI agent) and “Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime” by James Pyle (former U.S.
Collectively these folks in the contractor ranks have thousands of years of national security and investigative expertise. In the contractor ranks you have retired federal agents, LEOs, military intelligence folks, et al., whom you would never be able to get as GS employees within an agency. It would be a colossal mistake to insource it. The questions themselves often seem asinine to the investigator and innocuous to the Subject, but they are important in establishing behavioral patterns which can be predictive.Īs I said in an earlier post, contracting out the investigative part of OPM BI’s has increased the quality of the field work immeasurably. And you will notice that in ESI issue resolution questions you seek to obtain details which correspond to these elements. Also, details such as the frequency of the behavior(s), the duration of behavior(s), the corrective action(s) of the behaviors all have predictive elements. It’s the most fundamental axiom in forensic psychology. It is because, “The best predictor of future behavior is … past behavior”. In fact, it is why electronic monitoring and record snooping will never replace the current method of conducting background investigations. So too is talking with people who know or knew Subject in various activities. While the investigation part is bogged down with seemingly infinite new procedural BS, and the review part is nitpicky nonsense concerned with formatting, templates, and disclaimer idiocy, things like tracking down whether a 20-year old got an underage drinking citation and obtaining court records is important. There is a problem with the adjudication part, not the field investigation part. Okay, I feel better agree with your sentiments, but I think your criticism is misdirected. Never mind OPM’s favorable adjudication on Edward Snowden or the Navy Yard shooter or their data breach of everyone’s most sensitive information that is far larger than anything at USIS or KPGS. The entire system is broken and OPM/FISD is a lurching bureaucratic government entity who would rather set up scenarios in which they look dedicated, competent and critical to national security while setting contracts up to fail. The more compelling question is do our current investigation regulations and critera actually identify risk behavior…or are we spending millions forcing investigators to track down a 20 year old underage drinking citation and corresponding court record just because it is an “ever” questions without anyone at the OPM/FISD management thinking of the relevance or cost effectiveness of this rule? Are Automatons running the show? Why so much anger directed at USIS? Many of the failures in the Security Investigation process were raised as concerns during the privatization of Investigations out of which USIS created.
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