This website provides Federal position classification, job grading, and qualifications information that is used to determine the pay plan, series, title, grade, and qualification requirements for most work in the Federal Government. Some Federal jobs are not covered by these documents.

Comparison of the predictive validity of a written test, an integrity test, a conscientiousness questionnaire, a structured behavioral interview and a personality inventory in the assessment of job applicants' background investigations, and subsequent task or contextual performance.

The basic system description uses a five-level rating system: Level 5 – Outstanding, Level 4 – Exceeds Fully Successful, Level 3 – Fully Successful, Level 2 – Minimally Satisfactory and Level 1 – Unsatisfactory. Agencies may use agency-specific labels, which they must include in their additions to the basic system description.

A badge holder can be one of the following tiers: Tier 1 (Formerly NACI or level 1) – non-sensitive position. Tier 2 (Formerly MBI or level 5B) – public trust position. Tier 3 (Formerly ANACI or level 2) – non-critical sensitive national security position. This investigation makes the staff member eligible for a secret clearance.

Competitive service--Tenure group 1 includes employees serving under career appointments who either have completed initial appointment probation or are not required to serve initial appointment probation.

In accordance with the Plan, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is implementing Tier 3 (T3) and Tier 3 Reinvestigation (T3R) effective FY2016. T3 is the investigation required for positions designated as non-critical sensitive and/or requiring eligibility for "L" access or access to Confidential or Secret information.

2016年1月9日 · In December 2008 the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved new Federal Investigative Standards (FIS) to comply with EO 13467. The 2008 FIS created a three-tier concept and represented the most significant change to investigations since 1953. Incremental ...

OPM recommends that equivalent federal excepted service and contractor positions be similarly designated and subject to appropriate investigations. Most federal agencies follow OPM’s recommendation.

At the conclusion of this Short, you will be able to determine which tier of the Federal Personnel Veting Investigative Standards applies to a given position designation. To ensure a reliable, trustworthy, and loyal workforce, Executive Order 13467 called for an eficient, reciprocal, and aligned system in June 2008.

The law requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to define Federal occupations, establish official position titles, and describe the grades of various levels of work. To fulfill this responsibility, OPM approves and issues position classification standards that must