[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62101-62102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23696]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Review of a Revised 
Information Collection: OPM Form of 612, Optional Application for 
Federal Employment Resume Builder in USAJOBS Web Site and the USAJOBS 
Web Site

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a revised information collection of the 
optional form called Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 
612); the specifications of the improved resume builder in the USAJOBS 
Web site (http://www.USAJOBS.opm.gov); and screen shots of the Web 
pages within the USAJOBS Web site.
    The OF 612 is a data collection form used to collect applicant 
qualifications information associated with vacancy announcements. The 
form provides necessary guidance to applicants so that they can be 
considered for employment when applying for Federal jobs. Presently the 
OF 612 is downloadable from OPM's electronic forms page on the USAJOBS 
Web site (http://www.opm.gov/forms) in fillable .pdf format. This data 
collected are necessary for Federal agencies to evaluate applicants for 
Federal jobs under the authority of sections 1104, 1302, 3301, 3304, 
3320, 3361, 3393, and 3394 of title 5 United States Code.
    OPM proposes to eliminate the optional form Applying for a Federal 
Job (OF 510). The OF 510 is a brochure that has been used to provide 
guidance to the general public on how to apply for Federal jobs and to 
construct a Federal resume. This brochure provides instructions on what 
necessary work, education, and other information applicants should 
provide when completing a resume or other application for Federal 
employment consideration. The instructions contained in the OF 510 have 
been incorporated into the revised OF 612 and the USAJOBS resume 
builder. The instructions are also available through numerous other 
sources, including the USAJOBS Web site, that were not available at the 
time this brochure was originally created. This action is being taken 
to eliminate the need to print,

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maintain, and distribute an instructional guide in hard copy format 
where the information can be readily updated and delivered leveraging 
current Web and other automated technology.
    OPM intends to reconstruct the resume builder in the USAJOBS Web 
site to be in line with the data elements collected in the revised OF 
612. The resume builder will contain the critical elements applied 
across the Federal government to assess an applicant's qualifications. 
Thus, the new design will capture only the essential information 
Federal agencies use to evaluate applicants for Federal jobs under the 
authority of sections 1104, 1302, 3301, 3304, 3320, 3361, 3393, and 
3394 of title 5 United States Code.
    The Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612) and the 
resume builder in the USAJOBS Web site contain questions regarding the 
applicant's education history, including dates of attendance, name, 
type and place of institution, and degrees earned. Due to the 
increasing number of claimed degrees earned from non-accredited or 
bogus institutions, commonly referred to as diploma mills, the revised 
versions include an accreditation field. This field asks the applicant 
to show whether the college or university is accredited by, or is in 
pre-accreditation status of, an accrediting organization recognized by 
the U.S. Department of Education at the time the applicant attended the 
institution. The revised forms also advise the applicant not to list 
education from diploma mills, degrees based solely on life experiences, 
or obtained from schools with little or no academic standards.
    The USAJOBS Web site is the Federal Government's official one-stop 
source for Federal jobs and employment information. USAJOBS is operated 
by OPM and provides job vacancy information, employment fact sheets, 
and job applications/forms and on-line resume development. Job seekers 
may create a ``My USAJOBS'' account where they can create up to five 
resumes, or convert and store an existing one. These resumes are stored 
in one location where they can be updated, saved, or sent at any time.
    Comments are particularly invited on: whether this information is 
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Office of 
Personnel Management, and whether it will have practical utility; 
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of 
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; and ways in which we can further minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the 
use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    We estimate 245,000 applications will be completed annually using 
the OF 612. The public reporting burden for the collection of the data 
will vary from 20 to 240 minutes, with an average of 40 minutes per 
response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing 
data sources, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the 
information. The annual estimated burden is 9,800 hours.
    We estimate 3,510,600 applications will be completed annually using 
the resume builder in the USAJOBS Web site. The public reporting burden 
for the collection of the data will vary from 20 to 240 minutes, with 
an average of 40 minutes per response, including time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering data, and 
completing and reviewing the information. The annual estimated burden 
is 9,800 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to [email protected]. Please include a mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar 
days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management, USAJOBS, ATTN: Mariana Pardo, U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 2469, Washington, DC 20415.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 04-23696 Filed 10-21-04; 8:45 am]
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