§ 3393. Career appointments
(a)
Each agency shall establish a recruitment program, in accordance with guidelines which shall be issued by the Office of Personnel Management, which provides for recruitment of career appointees from—
(b)
Each agency shall establish one or more executive resources boards, as appropriate, the members of which shall be appointed by the head of the agency from among employees of the agency or commissioned officers of the uniformed services serving on active duty in such agency. The boards shall, in accordance with merit staffing requirements established by the Office, conduct the merit staffing process for career appointees, including—
(c)
(1)
The Office shall establish one or more qualifications review boards, as appropriate. It is the function of the boards to certify the executive qualifications of candidates for initial appointment as career appointees in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office. Of the members of each board more than one-half shall be appointed from among career appointees. Appointments to such boards shall be made on a non-partisan basis, the sole selection criterion being the professional knowledge of public management and knowledge of the appropriate occupational fields of the intended appointee.
(2)
The Office shall, in consultation with the various qualification review boards, prescribe criteria for establishing executive qualifications for appointment of career appointees. The criteria shall provide for—
(d)
An individual’s initial appointment as a career appointee shall become final only after the individual has served a 1-year probationary period as a career appointee.
(e)
Each career appointee shall meet the executive qualifications of the position to which appointed, as determined in writing by the appointing authority.
(g)
A career appointee may not be removed from the Senior Executive Service or civil service except in accordance with the applicable provisions of sections
1215,, [1] 3592, 3595, 7532, or 7543 of this title.
[1] So in original.