DISS 14.5 brings updates to continuous vetting

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has rolled out a change to the Defense Information System for Security that adds a new “unenrolled” status to the Continuous Vetting program and creates a 45-day grace period when a person loses affiliation with a Security Management Office. The update, part of Release 14.5 and implemented on April 2, is intended to reduce coverage gaps for personnel moving between organizations.

Under the change, when an individual’s SMO relationship ends in DISS, their CV enrollment continues for 45 days while they secure a new sponsoring SMO. If no new SMO takes over within that window, the person’s status automatically switches to unenrolled in DISS and National Background Investigative Services. DCSA said eligibility is not affected by the status shift unless there is mitigatable unresolved derogatory information.

DCSA is also consolidating CV enrollment statuses to three—enrolled, unenrolled, and not enrolled—removing the “continued enrollment” label to streamline what users see. To help with the transition, the agency is adding tooltips in DISS that define the unenrolled and not enrolled categories. The CV Enrollment Date and Personnel Vetting Questionnaire date displayed in the CV section of JVS will update if DCSA processes a new PVQ.

Individuals who lose enrollment will be automatically re-enrolled once they establish a new active SMO relationship, provided they remain eligible. The agency said no new security forms, such as the SF-86 or PVQ, are required for re-enrollment.

DCSA urged users to promptly update or remove SMO ownership information in DISS to maintain accurate CV enrollment and billing as the new process takes effect.

The agency added that non-DoW users do not need to take action now, though the 45-day grace period could apply to them in the future as CV enrollment and unenrollment become more automated.