The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it has granted initial accreditation status to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Investigations Case Analyst Program (ICAP) at the November 3-5, 2015 meeting in Glynco, GA.
The United States Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Federal Investigative Services (FIS) is responsible for conducting approximately 90% of all federal background investigations. In order to accomplish this mission FIS has three groups of key personnel: Special Agents, Investigations Case Analysts, and Adjudicators. OPM has developed three specific training programs tailored to each group’s duties, and the Special Agent and Adjudicator courses have already been accredited.
ICAP is seven day training comprised of 11 modules. During these modules the focus is on what types of information can be obtained through each source, what information should be reported, and if there are any restrictions or special handling of the results. Subsequent to the ICAP the Investigations Case Analyst must complete one of two Case Analyst Training (CAT) sessions. Both CAT sessions consist of eight modules and focus on case coverage requirements and application of those requirements to practical case samples.
The FLETA Board is the accrediting body for all federal law enforcement training and support programs. To achieve accreditation, agencies submit to an independent review of their academy and/or program to ensure compliance with the FLETA Standards and Procedures in the areas of: Administration, Training Staff, Training Development, Training Delivery, and Distance Learning. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every five years. Each year, agencies must submit annual reports in preparation for reaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of the academy/program.