General Circular No. 001324

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject: Update On Some Certifiable Scores

Issue Date: August 4, 1998

As you know, many certifiable scores were lowered dramatically after the theft of

examination booklets last summer to ease the impact of test closures on state agencies

obliged to draw candidates from aging lists of eligibles. Since the re-opening of the

General Clerical Exam, many candidates have been added to its eligible lists. Because

most hiring has been done using the lowered certifiable scores, the lists have grown

unmanageably large.

Effective September 1, 1998, the following changes to certifiable scores are being made:

Temporary

Register Cert. Score New Cert. Score

General Clerical Exam - Entry 70 80

General Clerical Exam - 1 Year 70 80

If you have any questions, please call Bill Rowe or Amy Tompkins in the Examining

Division at (504) 342-8536 [after 8/17/98, (225) 342-8536].

Sincerely,

Allen H. Reynolds

Director