Background Investigations

Standard Background Checks

The agencies will perform as necessary the following standard background checks on all individuals subject to background investigations:

• FBI General Index Namecheck;

• United States Custom Service Namecheck;

• Drug Enforcement Administration Namecheck;

• Search of internal agency records and of databases to which the agencies have access;

• Check records on an interagency basis when an individual has been involved with institutions under another agency’s regulatory jurisdiction; and

• Check with state depository institution regulatory agencies when an individual has been involved with institutions under a state’s regulatory jurisdiction.

The agencies may not perform some of the standard background checks if, in individual circumstances, it is apparent that performance of the check is redundant, does not serve the agency’s purpose for the background investigation, or other reasons.

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