[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR731.303]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 731--SUITABILITY--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--OPM Suitability Action Procedures
 
Sec. 731.303  Answer.

    (a) Respondent's answer. A respondent may answer the charges in 
writing and furnish documentation and/or affidavits in support of the 
response. A respondent who is an employee may also answer orally. The 
respondent may be represented by a representative of the

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respondent's choice, and such representative shall be designated in 
writing. To be timely, a written answer shall be made no more than 30 
days after the date of the notice of proposed action. In the event an 
employee requests to make an oral answer, the request must be made 
within this 30 day time frame, and OPM shall determine the time and 
place thereof, and shall consider any answer the respondent makes in 
reaching a decision.
    (b) Agency's answer. An employing agency may also answer the notice 
of proposed action. The time limit for filing an answer is 30 days from 
the date of the notice. OPM shall consider any answer the agency makes 
in reaching a decision.