Personnel Documentation
Questions and answers
Your Official Personnel Folder contains records the Government needs to make accurate employment decisions throughout your Federal career.
These documents:
- Show your Federal appointment was valid (Examples: the Appointment Affidavit; the Declaration for Federal Employment).
- Verify your military service credit for leave, reduction-in-force, or retirement (Examples: the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty; the Military Service Deposit Election).
- Establish your employment history - your grades, occupations and pay (Example: the Standard Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action).
- Record your choices under Federal benefits programs (Examples: the Health Benefits Registration Form; the Designation of Beneficiary under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program).
Check Chapter 3 of The Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping [588KB] for more detailed information on what goes into the Official Personnel Folder.