Licensing Examiner Legislive Branch Library of Congress Summary The Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual merials, and priceless artifacts to cultive curiosity and spark imaginion. We engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creivity. We seek highly talented professionals to join a vibrant and collaborive community. Your work here will have lasting impact on the Library and its users well into the future. Learn more about this agency Summary The Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual merials, and priceless artifacts to cultive curiosity and spark imaginion. We engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creivity. We seek highly talented professionals to join a vibrant and collaborive community. Your work here will have lasting impact on the Library and its users well into the future. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415

• $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Flexitime. Appointment type Permanent
• Position Occupions and job series 1210 Copyright Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number

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Control number 883799100 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency

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MUST MAINTAIN THEIR ELIGIBILITY AT THE TIME OF SELECTION.

) Duties Help Copyright is a form of legal protection provided by the laws of the United Stes (title 17, U. S. Code) to authors of literary, dramic, musical, artistic, and other works. The United Stes Copyright Office, a service unit of loced within the Library of Congress and under the direction of the Register of Copyrights, administers the Copyright Law, advises Congress and government agencies on legal and policy mters; provides internional represention on copyright issues; administers the nional copyright registrions system; provides collections merials to the Library through voluntary registrion and mandory deposit programs; records documents reling to copyright chain of title; administers stutory license provisions of the law, including collecting and distributing royalties; maintains the world's largest dabase of copyright public records; and, provides informion and reference services to the public. The Licensing Division in the Copyright Office administers the stutory licenses in the Copyright Act (Title 17 of the U.S. Code). The Division collects royalty fees from: 1) cable operors for retransmitting television and radio broadcasts (Section 111), 2) sellite carriers for retransmitting network and non¬network signals (Section 119), and 3) importers or manufacturers for distributing digital audio recording products (Chapter 10). The Division deducts part of its opering costs from the royalty fees and invests the balance in interest

• bearing securities with the U.

S. Treasury for ler distribution to copyright owners. The Division also collects filing fees to cover part of the costs in administering the cable and sellite licenses. The Division also administers the stutory licenses for the organizion transmitting to the public a webcast (Section 112), the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital audio transmissions (Section 114), making and distributing phonorecords (Section 115), and for the use of certain works in connection with non-commercial broadcasting (Section 118). The position serves as a Licensing Examiner in the Financial Management Division, Office of the Assistant Register and Director of Operions, Copyright Office. As the Licensing Examiner, you will: Provide assistance to licensing examiners on difficult issues and problems. Examine a full range of the stements of account or other documents submitted yearly, quarterly, and biannually. Judge whether stements of account have been prepared in accordance with applicable requirements of law and regulions. Resolve problems and issues th arise regarding copyright law, Copyright Office regulions and policies, Federal Communicion Commission rules and regulions, relevant General Counsel office opinions, and relevant court decisions and case law pertaining to compulsory licenses. Independently communice new initiives/activities having a direct impact on public understanding and perception of personal, divisional and Copyright Office work activities. Perform other duties as assigned. The position description number for this position is 352435. The salary range indiced reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a Flexitime work schedule. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position. Relocion expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Conditions of Employment Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual ste or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment. Qualificions Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to examine all types of stutory licensing documents for legal conformity with the licensing provisions of the Copyright Act, regulions, and opering procedures.

• Knowledge of copyright law, regulions, policies, procedures, and practices.
• Ability to analyze and resolve problemic submissions of royalty and filing fee payments.
• Ability to communice and interact with others.

Ability to utilize computer technology and software applicions. Ability to communice effectively in writing. Ability to communice effectively other than in writing. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting res of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid step one of the grade. The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must submit a complete applicion package th is received by the closing de of this announcement. Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluion of an approprie personnel security/suitability investigion. For more informion, please see: Vetting Process This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please email ADA@loc.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion determined on a case-by-case basis. The Library of Congress is the nional library of the United Stes and is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greer number of vacancies indiced during the life of this vacancy announcement. Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probionary period. Probionary periods served other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement. The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participes in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determinion to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the approprie service unit. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The Library of Congress evalues applicants through an applicant questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants may also be screened for some jobs through licensing, certificion, and/or educion requirements, a narrive/applicion review, and/or a preliminary telephone interview. The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) th are marked with a double asterisk (

• ) in the vacancy announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most critical for a position.

To be considered for final selection, applicants must demonstre fully acceptable experience in these designed KSAs in the narrive/applicion review, preliminary telephone and/or full structured interview. The various assessment tools listed above are designed to verify or explore applicants' experience, knowledge, and training directly reled to the job in order to identify the best qualified applicants for selection. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent). How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, cree a resume and upload it to your profile in the "Resume" section. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "

APPLY ONLINE

" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account. You redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you asked to answer questions reled to your eligibility for Federal employment. You able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers one option th will electronically tach your documention to your online applicion once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement.

You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your applicion. Be certain to review your complete applicion for confirmion of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to

USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE

If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergradue transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on your computer. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If you have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your applicion. Once you have submitted your applicion, you can check your stus online through your Hiring Management or

MY USAJOBS

account. Your complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you

MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov , no ler than 4:00pm EST of the Closing De.

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Agency contact informion Customer Service Center Phone 202-707-5620 Fax 000-000-0000 JobHelp@loc.gov Address

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101

Independence Ave.

SE LM-107

Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under Evaluion. You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions." You will receive final notificion via e-mail when the vacancy has been filled. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent). How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, cree a resume and upload it to your profile in the "Resume" section. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "

APPLY ONLINE

" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account. You redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you asked to answer questions reled to your eligibility for Federal employment. You able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers one option th will electronically tach your documention to your online applicion once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement.

You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your applicion. Be certain to review your complete applicion for confirmion of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to

USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE

If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergradue transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on your computer. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If you have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your applicion. Once you have submitted your applicion, you can check your stus online through your Hiring Management or

MY USAJOBS

account. Your complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you

MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov , no ler than 4:00pm EST of the Closing De.

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Customer Service Center Phone 202-707-5620 Fax 000-000-0000 JobHelp@loc.gov Address

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101

Independence Ave.

SE LM-107

Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under Evaluion. You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions." You will receive final notificion via e-mail when the vacancy has been filled. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415

• $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Flexitime. Appointment type Permanent
• Position Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number

VAR603375

Control number 883799100