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am with a consumer reporting company and have been asked if I am
OPM classified to do backgroung checks at a Federal Waste
Disposal Plant. Can I become approved and what are the required
checks that would have to be done to conform to your standards?
OPM conducts background investigations for the U.S. Government. 
These investigations are completed by a combination of Federal
employees and contract investigators under contract to and with
the oversight of OPM.  Additionally, a few Federal entities have
been delegated authority to complete their own background
investigations and some use contract investigators to perform
that function.   OPM does not "classify" or otherwise approve
commercial organizations to complete background
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