What is the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)?

One of the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) principal missions is to conduct Personnel Security Investigations (PSI) on:
• DoD military or civilian personnel who require a security clearance to access classified or sensitive information.
• Employees of facilities in private industry that are cleared under the DoD portion of the National Industrial Security Program (NISP).
• To assist in the vetting of personnel clearance to our allies.