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Federal switches to self certification for secretarial typing
The Office of Personnel Management ends typing tests for federal secretaries and replaces them with self certification of typing speed. Applicants claiming 40 WPM are deemed acceptable, while exaggeration carries no penalty if they still meet the minimum on the job. The shift began regionally and reached the Washington office this year.
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