SF 86 — Questionnaire for National Security Positions

How SF 86 fits into a repeat PDF workflow

SF 86 — Questionnaire for National Security Positions is listed in the HR & Onboarding catalog. Required for Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret positions; drives Tier 3 and Tier 5 investigations by DCSA and adjudicating agencies. Treat the blank PDF as the controlled starting point: keep the official layout intact, then add reviewed fields and mappings before using it for live records.

• Template setup: open the blank PDF in DullyPDF, run field detection, and review text boxes, checkboxes, radio groups, dates, and signature areas before saving the template.
• Data fill: map the detected fields to CSV, Excel, JSON, or SQL-backed schema headers so the same reviewed PDF can be filled from repeat records.
• Output paths: download the completed PDF, collect respondent answers with Fill By Link, call API Fill, or route the prepared record into a signature workflow.

The catalog keeps 136 pages, file size, category, and source attribution to opm.gov visible before automation starts, which helps teams confirm they are working from the right official blank form before saving a template.