CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL) > SUBPART F—Agency Career Transition Assistance Plans (CTAP) for Local Surplus and Displaced Employees (§330.601 to §330.613) > 330.601—Purpose.

330.601—Purpose.

(a) This subpart implements the President's memorandum of September 12, 1995, to establish agency Career Transition Assistance Plans for Federal employees during a period of severe Federal downsizing. It is the policy of the United States Government to provide services to help surplus and displaced Federal employees take charge of their own careers and find other job offers, either within the Federal Government or in the private sector.
(b) These regulations set forth minimum criteria for agency Career Transition Assistance Plans. Consistent with the regulations, agencies may supplement these provisions to expand career transition opportunities to their surplus and displaced workers at their discretion.
(c) Sections 330.602(a)(2) and 330.604 through 330.609 do not apply to the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
(d) New negotiated agreements and agreements which have expired since February 29, 1996, the effective date of the interim regulations, will be subject to the provisions set forth in this part.

Code of Federal Regulations

Effective Date Note: At 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, part 330 was revised, effective Mar. 3, 2011. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows: PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL) § 330.601 Purpose. (a) An agency's Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides intra-agency selection priority for the agency's eligible surplus and displaced employees. This subpart sets forth minimum requirements for agency plans and establishes requirements for CTAP selection priority. (b) Consistent with these regulations and at their discretion, an agency may supplement these requirements to expand career transition opportunities to its surplus and displaced workers. (c) With prior OPM approval, an agency may operate an alternate placement program that satisfies the basic requirements of this subpart as an exception to CTAP selection priority under this subpart. This provision allows agencies to adopt different placement strategies that are effective for their programs while satisfying employee entitlements to selection priority. Pt. 330, Nt.