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Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 and Personal Identity Verification Card
Deadline Approaches: 27 October 2008
Submitted by: CAPT Theresa Minter, Personnel Security Representative Team Lead
Office of Commissioned Corps Operations
 
The Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card will be required for all U.S. Government employees and contractors to gain physical and logical access to government resources. The card was mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive, number 12 (HSPD-12), and the PIV card will be used for access to secured buildings as well as to access computer resources. Therefore, the Office of Commissioned Corps Operations (OCCO) is processing and initiating investigations for officers of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps) who, for whatever reason, do not hold a current investigation. The Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) electronic Questionnaire Investigation Processing (eQIP) system is required for submission of background investigations.

OCCO is continuing to create eQIP accounts for those officers:
  1. Whose last investigation, at any level, is more than 15 years old;
  2. Whose recently submitted investigation was returned from OPM (eQIP or paper version) as unacceptable. (Note: ‘Unacceptable’ refers to missing information which may be as simple as an incomplete mailing address for an employer or duty station on the officer’s curriculum vitae (CV); or
  3. Whose previously submitted paper questionnaire could not be processed prior to June 2006.
What should officers do to prepare prior to being contacted by OCCO?

Officers should:
  1. Assure their contact information, especially their e-mail address, is updated on the Commissioned Corps Management Information System (CCMIS) Web site (http://dcp.psc.gov).
  2. Have available complete mailing addresses (street, city, zip code) for each of the following:

    1. Last 10 years for employers or duty stations;
    2. Last 10 years of residences;
    3. Last 10 years of colleges attended, or if it has been more than 10 years since attending college, the complete address for the last college attended;
    4. Complete addresses of three (3) people who know the officer well (excluding family); and
    5. Complete address for someone who knows the officer from each residence over the past 10 years (excluding family).

  3. Family Members Information. Officers will need the following for all immediate family members including mother and father-in-laws:

    1. Complete mailing address;
    2. Place of birth (city, state, and country);
    3. Date of birth; and
    4. Citizenship information

  4. Collect court documents showing disposition for any arrest, conviction, charge, dismissal, or expungement.
  5. Collect financial documentation for any bankruptcy, foreclosure, accounts currently more than 90 days past due on any account, or accounts under collection.
  6. As part of the investigation package, a CV will be requested during the eQIP process for forwarding to OPM. Officers must be sure that each employer or duty station listed on the CV includes a complete mailing address.

Please address questions to PHSsecurity@hhs.gov. Every effort will be made to respond to each message as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your patience and diligence in completing this important requirement.
 
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