1. Regulations
  2. title 5
  3. chapter I
  4. part 332
  5. subpart D
  6. § 332.404

View all text of Subpart D [§ 332.401 - § 332.408]

§ 332.404 - Order of selection from certificates.

An appointing officer, with sole regard to merit and fitness, shall select an eligible for:

(a) The first vacancy from the highest three eligibles on the certificate who are available for appointment; and

(b) The second and each succeding vacancy from the highest three eligibles on the certificate who are unselected and available for appointment.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 1302, 2108, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3312, 3317, 3318, 3319; sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 114-137, 130 Stat. 310; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218.

SOURCE: 33 FR 12426, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 5 CFR 332.404