CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 337—EXAMINING SYSTEM > SUBPART B—Direct-Hire Authority (§337.201 to §337.206) > 337.205—Critical hiring needs.

337.205—Critical hiring needs.

(a) OPM will determine when there is a critical hiring need for particular occupations, grades (or equivalent) and/or geographic locations. OPM may decide independently that such a need exists or may make this decision in response to a written request from an agency.
(b) An agency when requesting direct-hire authority under this section, or OPM when deciding on its own, must:
(1) Identify the position(s) that must be filled;
(2) Describe the event or circumstance that has created the need to fill the position(s);
(3) Specify the duration for which the critical need is expected to exist; and
(4) Include supporting evidence that demonstrates why the use of other hiring authorities is impracticable or ineffective.