60-Day Notice USAJOBS 3.0

Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 22, 2011 / Notices
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: Revision of an
Existing Information Collection,
USAJOBS
U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) offers the general
public and other Federal agencies the
opportunity to comment on a revised
information collection request (ICR)
3206–0219, USAJOBS. As required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35)
as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act
(Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is soliciting
comments for this collection. In
particular, we invite comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until August 22, 2011.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, Employment Services,
USAJOBS, 1900 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415, Attention:
Patricia Stevens, or send them via
electronic mail to
[email protected].

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SUMMARY:

A
copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by contacting the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, Employment
Services, USAJOBS, 1900 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415, Attention:

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Patricia Stevens, or by sending a request
via electronic mail to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USAJOBS
is the official Federal Government
source for Federal jobs and employment
information. The Applicant Profile and
Resume Builder are two components of
the USAJOBS application system.
USAJOBS reflects the minimal critical
elements collected across the Federal
Government to assess an applicant’s
qualifications for Federal jobs under the
authority of sections 1104, 1302, 3301,
3304, 3320, 3361, 3393, and 3394 of title
5, United States Code. We are revising
the Information Collection at this time,
in part, to permit the migration of
USAJOBS to a new platform. In
addition, this revision proposes to:
(A.) Discontinue the use of the
Application for Federal Employment
Optional Form 612. This action is being
taken to facilitate a more seamless
employment application process for
both Federal agencies and job seekers,
consistent with the goals of Federal
hiring reform.
(B.) Revise the collection of
Demographic Information on Applicants
by removing the sourcing question
‘‘How did you learn about this
position?’’ along with the pre-populated
answer choices provided for this
question.
(C.) Add basic eligibility questions to
the applicant profile as well as optional
questions to the Applicant Profile in
USAJOBS that will allow applicants to
self-identify (subject to subsequent
verification by the appointing agency) as
eligible for certain special hiring
authorities. This is expected to
streamline some hiring actions by
allowing agencies to search for resumes
of applicants who have volunteered
information about their eligibility under
special hiring authorities. Information
volunteered by applicants about their
potential eligibility under one or more
special hiring authorities will be stored
in USAJOBS and will only become
visible to agencies that are considering
filling a job using a special hiring
authority. In that case, the hiring agency
will be able to search USAJOBS for
potential applicants who have chosen to
indicate that they believe they are
eligible to be selected under the special
authority the agency seeks to use. The
special hiring authorities are as follows:
1. Employment of a disabled veteran
who has a compensable serviceconnected disability of 30 percent
or more
5 CFR 316.402(b)(4) Temporary
Appointment,
5 CFR 316.302(b)(4) Term

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Appointment.
2. Military Spouse—Executive Order
13473, Noncompetitive Appointing
Authority for Certain Military
Spouses
5 CFR 315.612.
Non-competitive appointment of certain
former overseas military spouse
employees
5 CFR 315.608.
3. Schedule ‘‘A’’—Excepted Service—
Appointment of Persons with
Disabilities
5 CFR 213.3102(u).
4. Veterans Employment Opportunities
Act (VEOA)
5 CFR 315.611.
5. Veterans Recruitment Appointment
(VRA)
5 CFR 307,
5 CFR 316.302(b)(2) Term
Appointment,
5 CFR 316.402(b)(2) Temporary
Appointment.
6. Employment of disabled veterans
who completed a training course
under Chapter 31 of title 38 United
States Code
5 CFR 315.604.
Applicants who do not choose to use
this opportunity to volunteer
information about their eligibility under
a special hiring authority may still
choose to apply for jobs, as they are
announced, under any of these special
hiring authorities for which they are
eligible. If applicants volunteer to
provide information through the Web
site about the special hiring authorities
for which they believe they are eligible,
then agencies that are searching for
potential applicants to hire under one of
these authorities may be able to locate
their resume through USAJOBS and
invite them to apply. Otherwise, this
information will be retained in the
USAJOBS database and not disclosed.
We estimate it will take approximately
38 minutes to initially complete the
Resume Builder, depending on the
amount of information the applicant
wishes to include, and approximately
five minutes to initially complete the
Applicant Profile. We estimate over
3,500,000 new USAJOBS accounts will
be submitted annually. The total annual
estimated burden is 2,508,333 hours.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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