[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR720.203]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 720--AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
 
Sec. 720.203  Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management.

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management will provide appropriate data 
to assist Federal agencies in making determinations of 
underrepresentation. The process for making such determinations is 
described in sections II and III (c) of the ``Guidelines for the 
Development of a Federal Recruitment Program to Implement 5 U.S.C. 7201, 
as amended'' (See appendix to this part). The Office will develop and 
publish more specific criteria for statistical measurements to be used 
by individual agencies, and will develop further guidance on--
    (1) Agency employment statistics and civilian labor force statistics 
to be used in making determinations of underrepresentation, on a 
national, regional or other geographic basis as appropriate;
    (2) Groupings of grades and/or other occupational categories to be 
used in implementing agency programs;
    (3) Occupational categories and job series for which expanded 
external recruitment efforts are most appropriate, and those for which 
expanded and innovative internal recruitment is appropriate; and
    (4) Other factors which may be considered by the agency, in 
consultation with Office of Personnel Management, to make determinations 
of underrepresentation and to develop recruitment programs focused on 
specific occupational categories.
    (b) The Office will assist agencies in carrying out their programs 
by--
    (1) Identifying major recruitment sources of women and members of 
minority groups and providing guidance on internal and external 
recruitment activities directed toward the solution of specific 
underrepresentation problem;
    (2) Supplementing agency recruitment efforts, utilizing existing 
networks for dissemination of job information, and involving the 
participation of minority group and women's organizations where 
practicable;
    (3) Examining existing Federal personnel procedures to identify 
those which (i) may serve as impediments to innovative internal and 
external recruitment and (ii) are within the administrative control of 
the Office or the Federal agencies;
    (4) Determining whether applicant pools used in filling jobs in a 
category of employment where underrepresentation exists include 
sufficient candidates from any underrepresentated groups, except where 
the agency controls such pools (see Sec. 720.204(c));
    (5) Providing such other support, as the Office deems appropriate.
    (c) The Office will monitor and, in conjunction with the personnel 
management evaluation program of the Office, evaluate agency programs to 
determine their effectiveness in eliminating underrrepresentation.
    (d) The Office will work with agencies to develop effective 
mechanisms for providing information on Federal job opportunities 
targeted to reach candidates from underrepresented groups.
    (e) The Office will conduct a continuing program of guidance and 
instruction to supplement these regulations.
    (f) The Office will coordinate further activities to implement equal 
opportunity recruitment programs under this subpart with the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission consistent with law, Executive Order 
12067, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978.