DISS is an integral step toward which national background investigation service?

• A. National Background Investigation Services (NBIS)
• B. Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS)
• C. Defense Courier Service (DCS)
• D. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Answer: (A)

DISS is an integral step toward the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS). NBIS is the centralized framework that coordinates and standardizes background investigations across DoD and federal partners. DISS provides the DoD’s system for collecting, managing, and routing investigative data, which NBIS consolidates and standardizes as part of the modernization of national background investigations. In the past, JPAS was the older system replaced or integrated as NBIS rolled out; the other options—Defense Courier Service and the Federal Acquisition Regulation—do not pertain to national background investigations.