The National Agency Check and credit check portions of all investigations are conducted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Investigations Processing Center (FIPC) near Boyers, PA. The Local Agency Check (police records) portion can be done in part by FIPC or completely by field investigators. For cases requiring other record checks, reference interviews, or a Subject Interview, tasking is sent from FIPC simultaneously to supervisors of field investigators (either federal agents or contract investigators) in all locations involved. If the investigation develops information that requires further action in another location, tasking is sent from the investigative office that developed the information to another field office. Investigative reports are electronically submitted as the work is completed. When all reports have been received a FIPC, the case is reviewed for completeness, then forwarded to the appropriate Central Adjudication Facility (the Defense Industrial Sec
