A judge on Friday granted preliminary approval to a bankruptcy plan that sets the stage for the final days of US Investigations Services, Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review reported today. Also known as USIS, the company vetted Edward Snowden for his National Security Agency contract work, and it conducted the background check on Aaron Alexis, who was working for a government subcontractor when he killed 12 people in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard in September 2013. Last summer, USIS was hit with a cyberattack that exposed the personnel files of Department of Homeland Security employees to hackers. Owned by Providence Equity Partners, USIS lost its federal government contracts and is shutting down. Friday, Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein cleared the way for creditors to vote on the bankruptcy exit plan proposed for USIS.
