(a)
To be eligible for priority consideration, an employee of the DC DOC must:
(1)
Be in receipt of a RIF separation notice, or a similar notice of non-disciplinary termination from the Management Supervisory Service, issued by the DC Department of Corrections in connection with the closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex.
(2)
Have not been appointed to a permanent Federal Bureau of Prisons law enforcement position;
(3)
Apply for a vacancy within the time frames established by the agency, and include proof of eligibility;
(4)
Be found qualified for the specific vacancy.
(b) Eligibility for priority consideration begins:
on the date the DC DOC employee receives or is issued a specific RIF separation notice, or a similar notice of non-disciplinary termination from the Management Supervisory Service (MSS), issued by the DC DOC due to the closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex.
(1)
One year after the closing of the Lorton Correctional Complex;
(2)
When the DC DOC employee is no longer being separated by RIF, or by similar non-disciplinary termination from the Management Supervisory Service, due to the closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex;
(3)
When the DC DOC employee receives a career, career-conditional, or excepted appointment without time limit in any Federal agency at any grade level;
(4)
When the DC DOC employee voluntarily separates by resignation or retirement prior to the RIF effective date or the non-disciplinary MSS termination date;
(5)
When the DC DOC employee is separated by a non-RIF involuntary separation or disciplinary or other MSS termination not related to the closure of the Lorton correctional complex; or
(6)
Eligibility within a specific agency may terminate if the employee:
(i)
Declines a permanent appointment, at any grade level, offered by the agency (whether competitive or excepted) when the employee applied and was found qualified; or
(ii)
Fails to respond within a reasonable period of time to an offer or official inquiry of availability from the agency for a permanent appointment, at any grade level, offered by the agency (whether competitive or excepted) when the employee applied and was found qualified.
Code of Federal Regulations
[63 FR 41387, Aug. 4, 1998, as amended at 66 FR 6429, Jan. 22, 2001; 67 FR 6639, Feb. 13, 2002]