You and your colleagues can sign up for FREE weekly email delivery to your home, office or both. Applicants for national security positions would still be required to complete the full SF-86. OPM plans to submit the new form to the Office of Management and Budget for its review. Comments must be submitted by January 18, 2000. The cite is 64 Federal Register 63359, November 19, 1999.
Agencies typically rely on ratings of candidates' training and experience.
The problem with this approach, says the MSPB, is that research has consistently shown that these selection procedures do not necessarily translate into good job performance. Ratings for training and experience typically used by federal employers predict only about four percent of job performance. GPA predicts even less than that. Tests of cognitive ability and observing actual performance, such as in structured interviews. Unfortunately, these methods can be expensive and time-consuming.