Vacancy Items - FY23

Release 15.6 - 6/9/2023

• Added an Enable Candidate Inventory setting to the Questionnaire Settings options within the Application Processing section. Users with the Edit Application Processing permission may enable this setting to include the Application Sharing question within a vacancy. Note: This setting will be defaulted as disabled and may be enabled for any vacancy that has not yet been opened and released to USAJOBS.

See: Vacancy - Settings and Enabling Candidate Inventory on Vacancy

• Added a system-level Mission Critical Occupation (MCO) tag titled NatSec. This tag can be added on the Vacancy Settings page to facilitate job searches in USAJOBS and help ensure consistent reporting within and across agencies.

See: Available Tags

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Release 15.3 - 3/17/2023

• Added an Appointing Authority tag titled STEM 10-year Term. Agencies can use this tag to identify STEM-related term appointments in the system in alignment with OPM’s regulation, which allow agencies to set term appointments for STEM-related positions for up to 10 years.

See: Available Tags

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Release 15.1 - 1/20/2023

• Added three system-level Mission Critical Occupation (MCO) tags titled CHIPS Act, Inflation Act, and TechToGov. These tags can be added on the Vacancy Settings page to facilitate job searches in USAJOBS and help ensure consistent reporting within and across agencies.

See: Available Tags

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Release 15.0 - 12/16/2022

• Updated the History entry on the Vacancy Case File page when the vacancy Expiration Date is extended based on a user issuing a new certificate to better reflect this system-initiated action.

https://help.usastaffing.gov/USAS/index.php?title=Viewing_history

See: Viewing history