# Federal Investigative Services Information Technology — Program Element 0303430V

**Program element:** 0303430V  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303430V

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 124% to a $50.9M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, with nothing planned by FY2031. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 49.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 50.9 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 50.9 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 50.9 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 50.9 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 005 | NBIS | 0.0 | 22.7 | 50.9 | +124% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 005 — NBIS

The National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) portfolio of systems and applications provides E2E Personnel Vetting (PV) for the United States Government (USG). NBIS is a discrete set of IT resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of personal vetting information, including the full lifecycle of processes and procedures that inform and enable the PV process: Initial Vetting, Continuous Vetting (CV), Upgrades, Transfer of Trust, and Re-establishment of Trust. The NBIS system will comprise of a portfolio of twenty-one PV systems and applications with multiple sub-systems. The architecture, software language and interfaces for these systems vary widely and include both on-premises mainframe and servers as well as cloud hosted services and applications. For clarity, these systems and their applications will be grouped in categories including Background Investigation Enterprise Systems (BIES), Defense Information System for Security (DISS), MIRADOR, Secure Web Fingerprint Transmission (SWFT), applications developed under National Background Investigation Services (NBIS), Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreement, and Department of War (DoW) Consolidated Adjudication Services (CAS) Apps (formerly known as “CAF Apps”). Given the uniqueness of the capability and the objective to utilize existing PV capital investments, prior efforts to develop a single NBIS system are being redirected towards a portfolio modernization program. This program can be divided into smaller and more manageable modernization activities. During the NBIS modernization process, DCSA will continue to operate the existing NBIS infrastructure serving the USG today, while progressively migrating components of the system into a USG-owned cloud. Cloud migration will include a cloud readiness assessment and the refactoring of the NBIS underlying software and infrastructure into modular, cloud-native applications, shared services capabilities, cybersecurity features, and interoperability. RDT&E funds support the migration and modernization of the NBIS portfolio of systems,

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBIS | 0.0 | 22.7 | 50.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 50.9 |

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA) is a strategic asset to the nation and our allies - continuously ensuring a trusted federal, industrial, and affiliated workforce, and enabling industry's delivery of uncompromised capabilities by leveraging advanced technologies and innovation. DCSA uniquely blends critical technology protection, trusted personnel vetting, counterintelligence, and professional education and certification to advance and preserve America's strategic edge. The National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) portfolio of systems and applications provide end to end (E2E) Personnel Vetting (PV) for the United States Government (USG).

## Related program elements

- [0305146V — Defense Joint Counterintelligence Activities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305146V) (Defense-Wide)
- [0307609V — National Industrial Security System (NISS)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0307609V) (Defense-Wide)
- [0305128F — TECH Surveil Counter MEAS EQPT](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305128F) (Air Force)
- [0808736F — Studies in Sexual Assault Prevention](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0808736F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0303430V (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0303430V")`.

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