362.201—Agency programs.
(a)
On or about October 1 of each year, the OPM Director will determine the number of Fellows and the number of Senior Fellows that may be appointed during that fiscal year. Those determinations will be based on input from the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, as well as input from agencies not represented on the Council.
(b)
Thereafter, subject to the provisions and requirements of this chapter, an agency may appoint individuals selected by the OPM Director, or the Director's designee, as Fellows finalists and/or Senior Fellows finalists according to its short-, medium-, and long-term senior leadership and related (senior policy, professional, technical, and equivalent) recruitment, development, and succession requirements, as set forth in 5 U.S.C. 1103(c)(2)(C).