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Procurement Analyst Open 07/12/2018 to 07/26/2018 Department: Office of Governmentwide Policy Job Location: Multiple Locations Transportation Operations Specialist (Motor) Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Contract Specialist Open 07/11/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia Assistant Inspector General for Administration Open 07/09/2018 to 08/09/2018 Department: Office of Inspector General Job Location: District of Columbia, District of Columbia Student Trainee (Information Technology) Open 07/10/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Office of the Chief Information Officer Job Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia Student Trainee (Information Technology) Open 07/10/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Office of the Chief Information Officer Job Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia Student Trainee (Information Technology) Open 07/10/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Office of the Chief Information Officer Job Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia Student Trainee (Information Technology) Open 07/10/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Office of the Chief Information Officer Job Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia Program Analyst Open 07/10/2018 to 07/24/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: District of Columbia, District of Columbia Public Affairs Specialist Open 07/11/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Office of Communications and Marketing Job Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia Procurement Analyst Open 07/12/2018 to 07/26/2018 Department: Office of Governmentwide Policy Job Location: Multiple Locations Customer Liaison Director Open 07/09/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Deputy Regional Commissioner Open 07/11/2018 to 07/24/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: New York, New York Equipment Specialist Open 07/11/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Lompoc, California Project Manager Open 07/16/2018 to 07/27/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Kansas City, Missouri Customer Liaison Director Open 07/09/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Customer Liaison Director Open 07/09/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Workplace Program Specialist Open 07/10/2018 to 07/19/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Equipment Specialist Open 07/11/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Lompoc, California Equipment Specialist Open 07/11/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Lompoc, California Realty Specialist Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Los Angeles, California Procurement Technician Open 07/11/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Transportation Operations Specialist (Motor) Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Senior Project Manager Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: San Francisco, California Building Management Specailist Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Oakland, California Supervisory Contract Specialist Open 07/13/2018 to 07/23/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Kansas City, Missouri Project Manager Open 07/16/2018 to 07/27/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Kansas City, Missouri Project Manager Open 07/16/2018 to 07/27/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Kansas City, Missouri Transportation Operations Specialist (Motor) Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations Deputy Regional Commissioner Open 07/11/2018 to 07/24/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: New York, New York Deputy Regional Commissioner Open 07/11/2018 to 07/24/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: New York, New York Contract Specialist Open 07/09/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Office of Communications and Marketing Job Location: Boston, Massachusetts Contract Specialist Open 07/11/2018 to 07/20/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Auburn, Washington Supervisory Contract Specialist Open 07/13/2018 to 07/19/2018 Department: Public Buildings Service Job Location: Auburn, Washington Transportation Operations Specialist (Motor) Open 07/16/2018 to 07/25/2018 Department: Federal Acquisition Service Job Location: Multiple Locations ----- The Summary of NLRB decisions for the week of July 2 - 6, 2018 is now available on the NLRB’s website. 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If you are an attorney or accredited representative, you can now file Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document for your clients using your myUSCIS online account. There are no substantive changes to the content of the form. We also will no longer provide paper copies of Form N-565. You can file this form online or download a copy from our website. WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a policy memorandum (PDF, 113 KB) (PM) that provides guidance to USCIS adjudicators regarding their discretion to deny an application, petition, or request without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) when required initial evidence was not submitted or the evidence of record fails to establish eligibility. This updated guidance is effective September 11, 2018 and applies to all applications, petitions, and requests, except for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) adjudications, received after that date. Due to preliminary injunctions issued by courts in California and New York, this new PM does not change the RFE and NOID policies and practices that apply to the adjudication of DACA requests. “For too long, our immigration system has been bogged down with frivolous or meritless claims that slow down processing for everyone, including legitimate petitioners. Through this long overdue policy change, USCIS is restoring full discretion to our immigration officers to deny incomplete and ineligible applications and petitions submitted for immigration benefits,” said USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna. “Doing so will discourage frivolous filings and skeletal applications used to game the system, ensure our resources are not wasted, and ultimately improve our agency’s ability to efficiently and fairly adjudicate requests for immigration benefits in full accordance with our laws.” The 2013 PM addressed policies for the issuance of RFEs and NOIDs when the evidence submitted at the time of filing did not establish eligibility. In practice, the 2013 PM limited denials without RFEs or NOIDs to statutory denials by providing that RFEs should be issued unless there was “no possibility” of approval. This “no possibility” policy limited the application of an adjudicator’s discretion. The policy implemented in this guidance restores to the adjudicator full discretion to deny applications, petitions, and requests without first issuing an RFE or a NOID, when appropriate. This policy is intended to discourage frivolous or substantially incomplete filings used as “placeholder” filings and encourage applicants, petitioners, and requestors to be diligent in collecting and submitting required evidence. USCIS will continue issuing statutory denials when appropriate without first issuing an RFE or NOID when the applicant, petitioner, or requestor has no legal basis for the benefit/request sought, or submits a request for a benefit or relief under a program that has been terminated. If all required initial evidence is not submitted with the benefit request, USCIS, in its discretion, may deny the benefit request for failure to establish eligibility based on lack of required initial evidence. Examples of filings that may be denied without sending an RFE or NOID include, but are not limited to:     Waiver applications submitted with  little to no supporting evidence; or Cases where the regulations, the statute, or form instructions require the submission of an official document or other form of evidence establishing eligibility at the time of filing and there is no such submission. For example, an Affidavit of Support (Form I-864), if required, was not submitted with an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485). This PM updates Chapters 10.5(a) and 10.5(b) of the USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual and contains an “additional considerations” section. The policy in this “additional considerations” section is not new, and is nearly identical to the policy contained in the superseded 2013 PM. 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