1. Regulations
  2. title 5
  3. chapter I-i1
  4. part 731
  5. subpart B
  6. § 731.201

View all text of Subpart B [§ 731.201 - § 731.206]

§ 731.201 - Standard.

The standard for a suitability action defined in § 731.203 and taken against an applicant, appointee, or employee is that the action will protect the integrity or promote the efficiency of the service.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, 7301, 9201-9206; Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1); E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218, as amended; E.O. 13467, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 198; E.O. 13488, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 189; 5 CFR, parts 1, 2 and 5; Presidential Memorandum on Enhancing Safeguards to Prevent the Undue Denial of Federal Employment Opportunities to the Unemployed and Those Facing Financial Difficulty Through No Fault of Their Own, January 31, 2014.

SOURCE: 73 FR 20154, Apr. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 5 CFR 731.201