Enter-on-Duty Forms

The following are specific instructions for your use in completing the appropriate forms necessary for your entrance on duty.  Please complete the forms and bring them with you to orientation. 

Click here to view/print a checklist (in Word format) of required and optional forms for new employees.

Please note:  Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view many forms.  Get Acrobat Reader.  If you cannot access these files, please contact Human Resources.

• Section A:  Mandatory Forms for All New Employees
• Section B:  Benefits Forms
• Section C:  Beneficiary Forms
• Section D:  Optional/Voluntary Forms

Section A - Mandatory Forms for All New Employees:

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The following are specific instructions for your use in completing the appropriate forms necessary for your entrance on duty.  You MUST complete these forms and bring them with you to orientation.  Along with the forms, you MUST bring two acceptable forms of identification.  (Click here for a list of acceptable forms of identification.)

• Applicant's Statement of Selective Service Registration Status (males only)
• CD-525, Employee Address
• SF-144, Statement of Prior Federal Service
• Educational Level
• FMS-2231, Direct Deposit:  Section 4 is to be completed ONLY if you would like to set up an allotment.  You can have up to 14 allotments.
• SF-256, Self Identification of Medical Disability
• SF-181, Ethnicity and Race Identification
• CD-314, Statement Relating to Employee Responsibilities and Conduct  (To view the actual Standards of Conduct, click here.)  You have 10 days from your enter on duty date to return the completed form to your servicing HR Assistant, Mail Stop 1720, Building 101, Room A123.
• Human Resources Source Document:  Complete your name and item 25 only.
• SF-1152, Unpaid Compensation
• Tax Forms:
  • W-4, Federal Tax Withholding
  • If you work in Maryland and reside in Maryland, complete:
    • MW-507, Employee's Maryland Withholding Exemption Certificate
  • If you work in Maryland but reside in Virginia or the District of Columbia, complete:
    • MW-507, Employee's Maryland Withholding Exemption Certificate AND
    • VA-4, Virginia State Tax Form OR
    • D-4, District of Columbia
  • If you work in Maryland but reside in another state (other than Virginia or DC), complete:
    • MW-507, Employee's Maryland Withholding Exemption Certificate AND
    • NIST-55, State of Residence
  • If you work in Virginia and reside in Virginia, complete:
    • VA-4, Virginia State Tax Form
  • If you work in Virginia and reside in Maryland or DC, complete:
    • VA-4, Virginia State Tax Form AND
    • MW-507, Employee's Maryland Withholding Exemption Certificate OR
    • D-4, District of Columbia
  • If none of the above is applicable, complete:
    • NIST-55, State of Residence
• Security Forms:
  • NIST-351, Request for Federal Credential or NIST Site Badge:  The address on the form MUST match your driver's license.
  • I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification:  Complete Section 1.  DO NOT SIGN OR DATE.
  • Two forms of identification MUST be brought with you on your first day of employment.  Click here for a list of acceptable forms of identification.
  • Unacceptable Use of NIST Information Technology Resources

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Section B - Benefits Forms

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If you are eligible for Federal benefits, there are some decisions that you will need to make as a new employee, most within 30 or 60 days from your appointment date.  Click here to view "Federal Benefits FastFacts" for information on specific timeframes and program information.

• SF-2809, Health Benefits Enrollment Form
• SF-2817, Life Insurance Enrollment Form
• TSP-1, Thrift Savings Plan Election Form - Information on TSP is located at www.tsp.gov.  Your payroll contributions will begin the first full pay period after your agency receives your TSP-1.  (If you are currently contributing to TSP or have an outstanding TSP loan, please notify your servicing Human Resources Assistant.)

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Section C - Beneficiary Forms

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There is no need to complete the Designation of Beneficiary forms if you are satisfied with the order of precedence listed below:

1. Spouse
2. Child/Children
3. Parents
4. Executor of Estate
5. Next of Kin

If you are transferring from another agency and you have previously made beneficiary designations, those designations are still valid except the designation for Unpaid Compensation, SF-1152.

Links to Other Beneficiary Forms:

• SF-2808, Designation of Beneficiary - Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
• SF-3102, Designation of Beneficiary - Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
• SF-2823, Designation of Beneficiary - Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI)
• TSP-3, Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) (Mail directly to the TSP.)

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Section D - Optional Forms

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• SB-2362E, Authorization to Purchase and Request for Change, United States Series EE or I Savings Bonds.  This form is voluntary.  You may authorize an amount to be deducted from each paycheck for the purchase of bonds.  The minimum deduction is $3.75 per pay period.

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