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) > 330.607—Notification of surplus and displaced employees.

330.607—Notification of surplus and displaced employees.

(a) In addition to meeting the requirements of § 330.602(a)(1)(iv), at the time it issues a specific RIF separation notice, certificate of expected separation, or other official agency certification that identifies an employee as being likely to be separated by RIF, or by adverse action procedures for declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function outside of the local commuting area, an agency must give each of its eligible employees information in writing about the special selection priority available to them under the agency's Career Transition Assistance Plan. Such information must contain guidance to the employee on how to apply for vacancies under the CTAP, and what documentation is generally required as proof of eligibility.
(b) Agencies must take reasonable steps to ensure eligible employees are notified of all vacancies the agency is filling in locations where there are CTAP eligibles, and what is required for them to be determined well-qualified for the vacancies. Vacancy announcements within an agency must contain information on how eligible employees within the agency can apply, what proof of eligibility is required, and the agency's definition of “well-qualified”. If there are no CTAP eligibles in a local commuting area, the agency may document this fact as an alternative to posting the vacancy under the CTAP program.
(c) Each agency is required to advise, in writing, their surplus and displaced employees who apply for specific vacancies within its local commuting area of the results of their application, and whether or not they were found well-qualified. If they are not found well-qualified, such notice must include information on the results of an independent, second review conducted by the agency. If an applicant is found well-qualified, and another well-qualified surplus or displaced candidate is selected, the applicant must be so advised.

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[62 FR 31320, June 9, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 40509, July 27, 1999; 65 FR 47829, Aug. 4, 2000]

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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) § 330.607 Applying CTAP selection priority. (a) An agency must not place any other candidate from within or outside the agency into a vacancy if there is an available CTAP selection priority candidate, unless the personnel action to be effected is an exception under § 330.609 .
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(b) In accordance with the conditions of part 300 , subpart E, of this chapter, an agency may not procure temporary help services under that subpart until a determination is made that no CTAP eligible is available. (c) CTAP selection priority applies to a vacancy that: (1) Is at a grade or pay level with a representative rate no higher than the representative rate of the grade or pay level of the CTAP eligible's permanent position of record; (2) Has no greater promotion potential than the CTAP eligible's permanent position of record; (3) Is in the same local commuting area as the CTAP eligible's permanent position of record; (4) Is filled during the CTAP eligible's eligibility period; and, if applicable, (5) Is filled under the same excepted appointing authority as the CTAP eligible's permanent position of record if the CTAP eligible is an excepted service employee and the agency CTAP provides selection priority in the excepted service. (d) An agency may take actions under § 335.102 of this chapter to place a permanent competitive service employee into a vacancy if there are no CTAP eligible employees in the local commuting area or if no CTAP eligibles apply for the vacancy. (e) An agency component may place a component employee within the local commuting area in the vacancy after the component applies CTAP selection priority to its employees. Pt. 330, Nt. (f) If there are two or more CTAP selection priority candidates for a vacancy, the agency may place any of them. An agency may decide the specific order of selection among CTAP selection priority candidates. For example, an agency may: (1) Provide a displaced candidate higher priority than a surplus candidate; or (2) Provide an internal component candidate higher priority than another component's candidate. Pt. 330, Nt. (g) After an agency makes the vacancy available to its CTAP eligibles and meets its obligation to any CTAP selection priority candidates, the agency may place into the vacancy any other permanent competitive service candidate from within its workforce, under appropriate staffing procedures. (h) An agency may provide CTAP selection priority to eligible employees from another commuting area after fulfilling its obligation to CTAP selection priority candidates in the local commuting area. (i) An agency may deny a CTAP eligible future selection priority if the eligible: (1) Declines an offer of a permanent appointment at any grade or pay level in the competitive or excepted service; or (2) Fails to respond within a reasonable period of time, as defined by the agency, to an offer of a permanent appointment at any grade or pay level in the competitive or excepted service. (j) Before appointing an individual from outside the agency's permanent competitive service workforce, the agency must follow the requirements of subparts B and G of this part. Pt. 330, Nt.