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Suitability Adjudications

Questions and answers

As the federal government’s suitability and credentialing executive agent, the OPM director is responsible for establishing the standards agencies use to evaluate whether an individual is suitable or fit for federal service. The director also has a role in establishing the requirements for background investigations agencies use to make their evaluation.

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