330.1203—Eligibility.
               		
               	 	
               	 	
               	 	               	 	               	 	               	 	               	 	
               	 	
    
        
        (a) 
         In order to be eligible for special selection priority, an eligible displaced employee of the former Panama Canal Zone must:
     
    
        
        (1) 
         Have received a specific notice of separation by reduction in force;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         Have not been appointed to another appropriate position in the Government of the United States in Panama;
     
    
        
        (3) 
         Apply for a vacancy within the time frames established by the hiring agency; and
     
    
        
        (4) 
         Be found by the hiring agency as well-qualified for that specific vacancy.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Eligibility for special selection priority as an eligible displaced employee of the former Panama Canal Zone begins on the date that the employee received a specific notice of separation by reduction in force.
     
    
        
        (c) 
         Eligibility for special selection priority as an eligible displaced employee of the former Panama Canal Zone expires on the earliest of:
     
    
        
        (1) 
         One year after the effective date of the reduction in force;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         The date that the employee receives a career, career-conditional, or excepted appointment without time limit in any agency at any grade level; or
     
    
        
        (3) 
         The date that the employee is separated involuntarily for cause prior to the effective date of the reduction in force action.