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No. OPM will continue to conduct merit staffing reviews first followed by the Qualifications Review Board.
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No. We will not review temporary or term appointments.
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Consistent with past OPM policy, our review looks back five years to ensure we safeguard merit principles in consecutive Administrations.
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Yes.
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OPM’s objective is to safeguard fair and open competition and protect against political influence in the hiring for career Federal jobs. With this in mind, the two most common reasons...
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OPM will complete its review and notify the agency of our decision within 15 business days from the date we receive all of the information needed from the agency.
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Consistent with past OPM policy, appointments made under the following Schedule A authorities are subject to pre-hiring review:
Appointments made by the President without confirmation by the...
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Yes. We will not review hiring under 5 CFR 315, subpart F, and 5 CFR 337, subpart B. These regulations allow for non-competitive appointments to the Federal civil service under...
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No. For example, a person who was a political appointee in 2007 and was hired for a career Federal job in 2008 can apply for and be selected for another...
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No. It has been OPM policy since the Carter Administration and under every President since to ensure that politics plays no role when agencies hire political appointees for career Federal jobs. ...
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