U.S. Government Probes Company Hired to Probe its Workers

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The U.S. government is investigating the company it hired to investigate the people it hires.

The probe targets USIS, the biggest supplier of federal background checks and the company that a U.S. watchdog official said performed a 2011 investigation of national-security contractor Edward Snowden. USIS is part of Altegrity Inc., owned by Providence Equity Partners LLC.