OPM priority placement.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (2) The 45-day period during which OPM will attempt to place the appointee begins on the day the certification is acknowledged by OPM. (3) It is the continuing responsibility of an agency that has a surplus career appointee to place the appointee in any vacant SES position in the agency for which the appointee is qualified, even after the appointee is certified to OPM. (4) An individual remains a career SES appointee in his or her agency during the OPM placement period. (b) (c) (2) Any objection by the agency to the qualifications of the appointee must be based on the professional/technical qualifications in the standard for the position. An agency may not rely solely on lack of agency-specific experience for an objection based on lack of professional/technical qualifications if the appointee is otherwise qualified. (d) (2) If an agency fails to place a referred career appointee in an SES position because of objection to the appointee's qualifications or because of any other reason, the agency response must be in writing and must be signed by the agency head, or the acting agency head in the absence of the agency head. The response may not be delegated below the Assistant Secretary level in a department, or an equivalent level above the director of personnel in other agencies. (3) If an agency cancels a position while a referral to the position is pending, the appointee will be entitled to priority consideration for the position if it or a successor position is reestablis

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 359.603