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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR720]
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TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
PART 720--AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
SubpartC--Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program
This subpart sets forth requirements for agency disabled veteran
affirmative action programs (DVAAPs) designed to promote Federal
employment and advancement opportunities for qualified disabled
veterans. The regulations in this subpart are prescribed pursuant to
responsibilities assigned to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
under section 403 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance
Act of 1974, as amended (38 U.S.C. 2014), and section 307 of the Civil
Service Reform Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 3112).
Sec. 720.302 Definition.
As used in this subpart, the terms veteran and disabled veteran have
the meanings given to these terms in title 38 of the United States Code.
Sec. 720.303 Agency programs.
(a) Continuing Programs. Each Department, agency, and
instrumentality in the executive branch, including the U.S. Postal
Service and the Postal Rate Commission, shall conduct a continuing
affirmative program for the recruitment, hiring, placement, and
advancement of disabled veterans.
(b) Program Responsibility. The head of each agency shall assign
overall program responsibility to an appropriate agency official. The
official so designated shall be at a high enough level to ensure
effective program administration and the devotion of adequate resources
to the program.
(c) Problem Analysis.
(1) Annually, OPM will provide appropriate data on the employment of
disabled veterans to each agency participating in the Central Personnel
Data File (CPDF). These data will be taken from CPDF. For DVAAP
purposes, CPDF data are considered to be the official record of the
status of disabled veteran employment within each participating agency.
Each participating agency is responsible for assuring that such records
are timely, accurate, and complete.
(2) CPDF data must be analyzed by participating agencies to identify
problem areas and deficiencies in the employment and advancement of
disabled veterans. (OPM will establish with each agency not
participating in CPDF, the nature and extent of data to be used in
identifying problems and deficiencies.) Based on this analysis, agencies
shall develop methods to improve the recruitment, hiring, placement, and
advancement of disabled veterans, or revise or redirect existing
methods, as necessary. These methods must then be translated into action
items.
Sec. 720.304 Agency plan.
(a) Plan Development. As part of the affirmative action plan it
prepares pursuant to section 501(b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C. 791 (b)) (``Section 501(b) Plan''), each Department, agency,
or instrumentality in the executive branch must have an up-to-date
affirmative action plan for the employment and advancement of disabled
veterans.
(1) Each agency must review its plan on an annual basis, together
with its accomplishments for the previous fiscal year, updated
employment data, and any changes in agency mission or structure, and
update the plan as necessary. Agency operating components and field
installations required to develop separate plans under paragraph (b) of
this section, below, must perform the same type of annual review and
update of their plans.
(2) Plans shall cover a time period of not less than one year and
may cover a longer period if concurrent with the agency's Section 501(b)
Plan. Each plan must specify the period of time it covers.
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(3) Initial plans for fiscal year 1983 required under this subpart
must be developed by January 30, 1983 and must be in effect on that day.
(b) Plan Coverage.
(1) Each agency must have an agencywide plan covering all of its
operating components and field installations. Agencywide plans shall
include instructions assigning specific responsibilities on affirmative
actions to be taken by the agency's various operating components and
field installations to promote the employment and advancement of
disabled veterans. OPM must be informed when headquarters offices
require plans at the field or installation level.
(2) Agency operating components and field installations must have a
copy of the plan covering them, and must implement their
responsibilities under it. OPM may require operating components and
field installations to develop separate plans in accordance with program
guidance and/or instructions.
(c) Plan Submission. Affirmative action plans developed under this
section shall be submitted to OPM upon request. The Office of Personnel
Management will review a selection of agency plans each fiscal year.
(d) Plan Certification. Each agency must certify to OPM by December
1 of each year that it has an up-to-date plan as required by this
section. This certification must indicate the date the agency's most
recent plan was effective or was last amended.
(e) Plan Content. Disabled veteran affirmative action plans shall,
at a minimum, contain:
(1) A statement of the agency's policy with regard to the employment
and advancement of disabled veterans, especially those who are 30
percent or more disabled.
(2) The name and title of the official assigned overall
responsibility for development and implementation of the action plan.
(3) An assessment of the current status of disabled veteran
employment within the agency, with emphasis on those veterans who are 30
percent or more disabled.
(4) A description of recruiting methods which will be used to seek
out disabled veteran applicants, including special steps to be taken to
recruit veterans who are 30 percent or more disabled.
(5) A description of how the agency will provide or improve internal
advancement opportunities for disabled veterans.
(6) A description of how the agency will inform its operating
components and field installations, on a regular basis, of their
responsibilities for employing and advancing disabled veterans.
(7) A description of how the agency will monitor, review, and
evaluate its planned efforts, including implementation at operating
component and field installation levels during the period covered by the
plan.
Sec. 720.305 Agency accomplishment reports.
(a) Not later than December 1 of each year, agencies must submit an
annual accomplishment report on their disabled veterans affirmative
action program to the Office of Personnel Management, covering the
previous fiscal year.
(b) Agency annual accomplishment reports must describe:
(1) Methods used to recruit and employ disabled veterans, especially
those who are 30 percent or more disabled.
(2) Methods used to provide or improve internal advancement
opportunities for disabled veterans.
(3) A description of how the activities of major operating
components and field installations were monitored, reviewed, and
evaluated.
(4) An explanation of the agency's progress in implementing its
affirmative action plan during the fiscal year. Where progress has not
been shown, the report will cite reasons for the lack of progress, along
with specific plans for overcoming cited obstacles to progress.
Sec. 720.306 Responsibilities of The Office of Personnel Management
(a) Program Review. OPM will monitor agency program implementation
through review of agency plans, direct agency contact, review of
employment data, and through other appropriate means. As it deems
appropriate, OPM
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will conduct onsite evaluations of program effectiveness, both at agency
headquarters and at field installations or operating components.
(b) Technical Assistance. The Office of Personnel Management will
provide technical assistance, guidance, instructions, data, and other
information as appropriate to supplement and support agency programs for
disabled veterans, through the Federal Personnel Manual (FPM).
(c) Semiannual Reports. As provided by 38 U.S.C. 2014(d), OPM will,
on at least a semiannual basis, publish reports on Government-wide
progress in implementing affirmative action programs for disabled
veterans.
(d) Report to Congress. As required by 38 U.S.C. 2014(e), OPM will
report to Congress each year on the implementation and progress of the
program. These reports will include specific assessments of agency
progress or lack of progress in meeting the objectives of the program.
Sec. 720.307 Interagency report clearance.
The reports contained in this regulation have been cleared in
accordance with FPMR 101-11.11 and assigned interagency report control
number 0305-OPM-AN.
