ODAR Suggestion Box

[Legal Beagle]

FWIW, I am sure a lot of us could make some suggestions as to how to make this process go faster / smoother / more cost efficient / and less painfull for all concerned, and since the President is wanting to create a big electronic "suggestion box" for government improvement, why don't we rally to the call of our Commander in Chief.

I realize TOB is called the ALJ Improvement Board, but frankly, I have yet to see any evidence that this is it's purpose . . .

In the spirit of improvement of the process, here is the first suggestion:

When we were notified we were on the Cert, that meant that we were one of three candidates for one or more cities on our GAL, but we were not told which cities. For those that were geographically limited, this is OK, but for those who said they would go "anywhere" or 10, 20, 30 places, this could be frustrating.

So, in order to keep us busy and sane while not so patiently waiting for an offer, what would be the harm of letting us know for which cities we are being considered? That way, we could be doing some due diligence as one poster suggested, by looking for apartments or houses in those cities, and feeling like we are doing something constructive.

[pm]

When you're on a cert for multiple locations it does not mean you "were one of three candidates for one or more cities on our GAL". You may not have been anywhere near the top 3 for any city. For a single city cert it means you are in the top 3 for that city, but not for a multiple city cert.

ODAR cannot let you know which cities you are being considered for, for two reasons:1. They won't know until they actually get around to selecting candidates for an individual city and 2. You may not be considered for any of the cities at all.

[lawmaker]

May 3, 2009 15:04:32 GMT -5 Legal Beagle said:

FWIW, I am sure a lot of us could make some suggestions as to how to make this process go faster / smoother / more cost efficient / and less painfull for all concerned, and since the President is wanting to create a big electronic "suggestion box" for government improvement, why don't we rally to the call of our Commander in Chief.

I realize TOB is called the ALJ Improvement Board, but frankly, I have yet to see any evidence that this is it's purpose . . .

In the spirit of improvement of the process, here is the first suggestion:

When we were notified we were on the Cert, that meant that we were one of three candidates for one or more cities on our GAL, but we were not told which cities. For those that were geographically limited, this is OK, but for those who said they would go "anywhere" or 10, 20, 30 places, this could be frustrating.

So, in order to keep us busy and sane while not so patiently waiting for an offer, what would be the harm of letting us know for which cities we are being considered? That way, we could be doing some due diligence as one poster suggested, by looking for apartments or houses in those cities, and feeling like we are doing something constructive.

Because it would appear too close to an offer and they really don't need to get into lawsuits and such with people saying that they changed their positions based on the belief that the note telling you locations was the raw equivalent of "likely to be hired". But of course it is not an offer or remotely like it and you already gave them the cities you were interested in and that means that you already performed the due diligence before you checked them off