Release 26.16 - 4/30/2026
Announcement Questionnaire Items
Introduced new options for managing response limits for Short Answer Textbox and Narrative Textbox response types in both the Announcement Item Library and the Announcement Questionnaire, which allows Office Administrators and HR Users to choose whether to enforce character limits, word limits, or no limits at all—providing clearer guidance for applicants and eliminating the need to use outside tools to meet word count requirements. These configurations will be clearly displayed for applicants during the online application and in the application PDF. For Short Answer and Narrative Textbox response types, users can select one of the following Response Limit options:
- Do not enforce a character or word limit
- Enforce a character limit (1–20,000 characters)
- Enforce a word limit (1–5,000 words)
Note: Any character or word count limit changes made in the Announcement Item Library will be applied to newly created vacancies. Existing vacancies that have not yet been released to USAJOBS will need to be manually updated with any necessary changes.
See: Setting a character limit for a narrative response and Edit Announcement Item Overview
Release 26.08 - 1/8/2026
Announcement