Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

What it is

The single modernised questionnaire that will replace the SF 86, SF 85, SF 85P and SF 85P-S. It shortens the look-back on most questions from seven or ten years to five, narrows mental-health questions to a five-year window aimed at conditions affecting judgment, separates marijuana from other drugs, and drops the physical-description and Selective Service questions. The rollout began on 1 June 2026 with ten companies, for five-year updates only; the government target for using it in all vetting scenarios is September 2027.

What you do

Almost certainly nothing yet. If you are completing a questionnaire today it is still very likely the SF 86, and the SF 86 look-back periods still apply to it.

Also called

PVQ, new SF-86, SF-86 replacement, personnel vetting questionnaire.

Where this comes from

DCSA Vetting Operations newsletter, June 2026 — DCSA newsletter records the 1 June 2026 start with ten companies; Trusted Workforce 2.0 quarterly report FY26-Q2 sets September 2027 for all vetting scenarios.

Stage: Questionnaires and releases · Applies to: Government-wide

Other documents at this stage

• SF 86 — Questionnaire for National Security Positions
• SF 85 — Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions
• SF 85P — Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions
• SF 85P-S — Supplemental Questionnaire for Selected Positions
• SF 713 — Consent for Access to Records
• OFI 16A — Specific Release for Investigative Information