Agencies must continue submitting adjudication requests for those who failed to register for the Selective Service and who do not meet one of those exceptions, says OPM. Image: Selective Service System
By: FEDweek StaffOPM has issued guidance to agencies on a change in law enacted late last year as part of a defense spending bill to make those who served in the military eligible for federal employment even if they did not meet a requirement to register with the Selective Service System.
“Agencies are no longer required to send requests for adjudication to OPM” anyone who is a veteran, “provides evidence of active duty service to the executive agency in which the individual seeks an appointment,” or who is no longer eligible to register for the Selective Service due to age, says a memo on chcoc.gov.
Agencies must continue submitting adjudication requests for those who failed to register and who do not meet one of those exceptions, it says.
OPM recently withdrew rules it had proposed last year, but never finalized, on procedures for an exception on a determination that a failure to register was not “knowing and willful.” The 2024 law says that the individual must show “by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to register was neither knowing nor willful” and that the decision is to be made by the prospective employing agency.
Meanwhile, OPM has announced several changes to the central federal jobs portal, USAJOBS.GOV, in light of recently announced hiring policy changes. Vacancy announcements now include the statement “Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.”
Also, announcements now include a link to an EEO policy page stating that “Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.”
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See also,
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