GS-1000 - Information and Arts group
GS-1001 - General Arts and Information Series
This series includes all positions the duties of which are to administer, supervise, or perform: (1) any combination of work characteristic of two or more series in this group where: (a) no one type of work is series controlling; (b) the paramount qualification requirements are not characteristic of another series in the group; and (c) the combination of work is not specifically provided for in another series, or (2) other work typical of this group for which no other series has been established.
GS-1015 - Museum Curator Series
This series includes all classes of positions the primary duties of which are to administer, supervise, or perform professional work related to research, collections and exhibits in Federal museums, when such work is not classifiable in other professional, scientific, or historical series.
GS-1016 - Museum Specialist and Technician Series
This series includes all classes of positions the duties of which include technical and specialized work in connection with the operation of public museums or the management of museum collections.
GS-1035 - Public Affairs Series
This series includes positions responsible for administering, supervising, or performing work involved in establishing and maintaining mutual communication between Federal agencies and the general public and various other pertinent publics including internal or external, foreign or domestic audiences. Positions in this series advise agency management on policy formulation and the potential public reaction to proposed policy, and identify and carry out the public communication requirements inherent in disseminating policy decisions. The work involves identifying communication needs and developing informational materials that inform appropriate publics of the agency's policies, programs, services and activities, and plan, execute, and evaluate the effectiveness of information and communications programs in furthering agency goals. Work in the series requires skills in written and oral communications, analysis, and interpersonal relations.
GS-1082 - Writing and Editing Series
This series includes positions that involve writing and editing materials, such as reports, regulations, articles, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials, brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks, scholarly works, reference works, speeches, or scripts. The work requires the acquisition of information on a variety of subjects in the course of completing assignments. The work requires the development, analysis, and selection of appropriate information and presentation of the information in a form and at a level suitable for the intended audience.
GS-1083 - Technical Writing and Editing Series
This series includes positions that involve writing or editing technical materials, such as reports of research findings; scientific or technical articles, news releases, and periodicals; regulations in technical areas; technical manuals, specifications, brochures, and pamphlets; or speeches or scripts on scientific or technical subjects. Technical writers and technical editors draw on a substantial knowledge of a particular subject-matter area, such as the natural or social sciences, engineering, law, or other fields. The work involves the development of information and analysis to select and present information on the specialized subject in a form and at a level suitable for the intended audience.
GS-1084 - Visual Information Series
This series includes positions that supervise or perform work involved in communicating information through visual means. Work in this series includes the design and display of such visual materials as photographs, illustrations, diagrams, graphs, objects, models, slides, and charts used in books, magazines, pamphlets, exhibits, live or video recorded speeches or lectures, and other means of communicating. The work requires knowledge of and ability to apply the principles of visual design; knowledge of the technical characteristics associated with various methods of visual display; and the ability to present subject matter information in a visual form that will convey the intended message to, or have the desired effect on, the intended audience.
GS-1087 - Editorial Assistance Series
This series covers positions that involve editorial support work in preparing manuscripts for publication and verifying factual information in them. Such support work includes editing manuscripts for basic grammar and clarity of expression as well as marking copy for format. These positions require skill in using reference works to verify information and knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and good English usage.
