On 1 October 2016, the PSI-CoE website and processes will be updated to reflect the new Federal Investigative Standards (FIS) naming conventions, consistent with the referenced memorandum, as follows:

• The BI naming convention will change to reflect the new Tier 4 (T4) background investigation;
• The SSBI naming convention will change to reflect Tier 5 (T5) background investigation; and
• The PPR and SSBI-PR naming conventions will change to reflect Tier 5R (T5R) background investigation.
• The T5R investigation requires a FBI Fingerprint (FP) check if the previous investigation(s) contained unclassifiable fingerprints.
• It is our intent to phase out the references to the older investigation types (T4/BI, T5/SSBI, and T5R/SSBI-PR), as a part of this phase-out we ask that you become familiar with the new naming conventions.

 Should you have specific questions regarding the types of investigation to request from the PSI-CoE, please refer to your Higher Headquarters/Command-specific policy guidance.