An agency may fill a vacancy in the competitive service by any method authorized in this chapter, including competitive appointment from a list of eligibles, noncompetitive appointment under special authority, reinstatement, transfer, reassignment, change to lower grade, or promotion. The agency must exercise its discretion in each personnel action solely on the basis of merit and fitness, without regard to political or religious affiliation, marital status, or race, and veterans' preference entitlements.
authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104,
1302,
3301,
3302,
3304,
and; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-58 Comp., p. 218; Section 330.103 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 3327; Subpart B also issued under
5 U.S.C. 3315 and 8151; Section 330.401 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 3310; Subparts F and G also issued under Presidential Memorandum on Career Transition Assistance for Federal Employees, September 12, 1995; Subpart G also issued under
5 U.S.C. 8337(h) and 8456(b). § 330.1301 also issued under
5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1)
source: 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 330.102