Post by inquisitive on May 18, 2009 20:34:17 GMT -5
Individuals tossing out information on this particular thread are confusing the checks being performed by Yale/OMNISEC with the 5 CFR Part 731 suitability investigations performed by folks other than Yale/OMNISEC. OPM and a myriad of contractors (e.g. Kroll) perform the investigations that go into the 5 CFR Part 731 suitability determinations.
If, as some have alleged, ALJ job offers were extended to certain candidates last year before those particular candidates had been investigated by Yale/OMNISEC, then the SSA committed unlawful employment practices (UEPs), see 5 CFR Part 300, and/or prohibited personnel practices, see 5 U.S.C. Sections 2301 and 2302.
If Yale/OMNISEC have not started contacting your former employers, professional references, and judicial references by now, then that is a cause for concern. Since the COMMISH has stated that 157 new ALJs are to be hired this time, the March 2009 certificate of eligibles likely contains 471 names of ALJ candidates. (157 x 3 = 471)
It is possible that folks with a low OPM assigned NOR on the March 2009 certificate of ALJ eligibles may not be subjected to the Yale/OMNISEC process if the contractor and/or subcontractor has/have fallen behind and can't otherwise meet the SSA imposed deadline. Experience from February 2009 reveals that the SSA was not able to reach beyond the 300th ALJ candidate on the first (amended) certificate of eligibles when it extended 144 ALJ job offers.
It is unlikely that the SSA can reach beyond the 325th ALJ candidate on the March 2009 certificate of eligibles when it extends 157 ALJ job offers at the end of this month or in early June 2009.
The only individuals that will be subjected to 5 CFR Part 731 suitability investigations are those that are offered and accept positions as SSA ODAR ALJs. And existing SSA employees in the competitive service with a suitability determination that is less than 5 years old likely won't be subjected to a new 5 CFR Part 731 suitability determination when they morph into SSA ALJs.
If, as some have alleged, ALJ job offers were extended to certain candidates last year before those particular candidates had been investigated by Yale/OMNISEC, then the SSA committed unlawful employment practices (UEPs), see 5 CFR Part 300, and/or prohibited personnel practices, see 5 U.S.C. Sections 2301 and 2302.
If Yale/OMNISEC have not started contacting your former employers, professional references, and judicial references by now, then that is a cause for concern. Since the COMMISH has stated that 157 new ALJs are to be hired this time, the March 2009 certificate of eligibles likely contains 471 names of ALJ candidates. (157 x 3 = 471)
It is possible that folks with a low OPM assigned NOR on the March 2009 certificate of ALJ eligibles may not be subjected to the Yale/OMNISEC process if the contractor and/or subcontractor has/have fallen behind and can't otherwise meet the SSA imposed deadline. Experience from February 2009 reveals that the SSA was not able to reach beyond the 300th ALJ candidate on the first (amended) certificate of eligibles when it extended 144 ALJ job offers.
It is unlikely that the SSA can reach beyond the 325th ALJ candidate on the March 2009 certificate of eligibles when it extends 157 ALJ job offers at the end of this month or in early June 2009.
The only individuals that will be subjected to 5 CFR Part 731 suitability investigations are those that are offered and accept positions as SSA ODAR ALJs. And existing SSA employees in the competitive service with a suitability determination that is less than 5 years old likely won't be subjected to a new 5 CFR Part 731 suitability determination when they morph into SSA ALJs.