[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: 5CFR720.204]

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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. 720.204  Agency programs.

    (a) Each Executive agency having positions in the pay systems 
covered by this program must conduct a continuing program for the 
recruitment of minorities and women for positions in the agency and its 
components to carry out the policy of the United States to insure equal 
employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, color, 
religion, sex or national origin. The head of each agency must 
specifically assign responsibility for program

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implementation to an appropriate agency official. All agency officials 
who have responsibility for the program will be evaluated on their 
effectiveness in carrying it out as part of their periodic performance 
appraisals.
    (b) Programs established under this subpart must be designed to 
cover recruitment for all positions in pay plans covered by this program 
including part-time and temporary positions.
    (c) Where an agency or the Office of Personnel Management has 
determined that an applicant pool does not adequately provide for 
consideration of candidates from any underrepresented group, the agency 
or agency component must take one or more of the following actions:
    (1) Expand or otherwise redirect their recruitment activities in 
ways designed to increase the number of candidates from underrepresented 
groups in that applicant pool;
    (2) Use selection methods involving other applicant pools which 
include sufficient numbers of members of underrepresented groups;
    (3) Notify the office responsible for administering that applicant 
pool, and request its reopening of application receipt in support of 
expanded recruitment activities or certifying from equivalent registers 
existing in other geographic areas; and/or
    (4) Take such other action consistent with law which will contribute 
to the elimination of underrepresentation in the category of employment 
involved.
    (d) Agencies must notify and seek advice and assistance from the 
Office of Personnel Management in cases where their equal opportunity 
recruitment programs are not making measurable progress in eliminating 
identified underrepresentation in the agency work force.