i was tentatively given a salary offer and i accepted and i am waiting for the pre-employment package to come through the mail. how long would something like that take? its been about a week since i was told it was mailed out. i was also wondering after filling it out and mailing or faxing it back how long would it take to put me in the system and give me a start date? its a federal employee job for the department of navy. thanks for any input!!