330.602—Agency plans.

(a) Each agency will establish a Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) to actively assist its surplus and displaced employees. A copy of the final plan and any additional modified plans will be sent to OPM as approved by the agency/department head or deputy or under secretary. An agency plan will include:

(1) Policies to provide career transition services to all surplus and displaced agency employees affected by downsizing or restructuring, including employees in the excepted service and the Senior Executive Service, which include the following:

(i) Types of career transition services to be provided by the agency;

(ii) Use of excused absence for employees to use the services and facilities;

(iii) Access to services or facilities after separation;

(iv) The requirement for a specific orientation session for surplus and displaced employees on the use of career transition services and the eligibility requirements for selection priority under CTAP and ICTAP. The orientation session must include information on how to apply for vacancies under the CTAP and ICTAP (if applicable);

(v) Retraining to be provided to employees;

(vi) Access by employees, including those with disabilities, to services in headquarters, field offices, and remote site locations;

(vii) Access to resource information on other forms of Federal, state, and local assistance which are available to support career transition for employees with disabilities;

(viii) Role of employee assistance programs in providing services; and

(ix) Designation of agency components, if the agency exercises its discretion under § 330.606(d)(24).

(2) Policies to provide special selection priority to well-qualified surplus and/or displaced agency employees, as defined by § 330.604 (c) and (i), who apply for agency vacancies in the local commuting area, before selecting any other candidate from either within or outside the agency, and agency procedures for reviewing qualification issues; and

(3) Operation of the agency's Reemployment Priority List under subpart B of 5 CFR part 330.

(b) Each agency is responsible for assuring that its Career Transition Assistance Plan and the provisions of these subparts are uniformly and consistently applied to all employees.

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Effective Date Note: At 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, part 330 was revised, effective Mar. 3, 2011. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows: PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL) § 330.602 Definitions. For purposes of this subpart: Agency means an Executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105 . CTAP eligible means an agency surplus or displaced employee who has a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful (Level 3) or equivalent. As used in this subpart, “CTAP eligible” and “eligible” are synonymous. CTAP selection priority candidate means a CTAP eligible who applied for and was determined to be well-qualified by the agency and whom the agency must select over any other applicant for the vacancy, unless the action to be taken is listed as an exception under § 330.609 . Displaced describes an agency employee in one of the following two categories: Pt. 330, Nt. (1) A current career or career-conditional (tenure group I or II) competitive service employee at grade GS-15 (or equivalent) or below who: (i) Received a reduction in force (RIF) separation notice under part 351 of this chapter and has not declined an offer under part 351 , subpart G, of this chapter of a position with the same type of work schedule and a representative rate at least as high as that of the position from which the employee will be separated; or (ii) Received a notice of proposed removal under part 752 of this chapter for declining a directed geographic relocation outside of the local commuting area (e.g., a directed reassignment or change in duty station). (2) A current excepted service employee on an appointment without time limit at grade level GS-15 (or equivalent) or below who: Pt. 330, Nt. (i) Is covered by a law providing both noncompetitive appointment eligibility to, and selection priority for, competitive service positions; and (ii) Received a RIF separation notice under part 351 of this chapter or a notice of proposed removal under part 752 of this chapter for declining a directed geographic relocation outside the local commuting area (e.g., a directed reassignment or a change in duty station). Surplus describes an agency employee in one of the following three categories: (1) A current career or career-conditional (tenure group I or II) competitive service employee at grade GS-15 (or equivalent) or below who received a Certification of Expected Separation under part 351 of this chapter or other official agency certification or notification indicating that the employee's position is surplus (for example, a notice of position abolishment or a notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement). Pt. 330, Nt. (2) A current excepted service employee on an appointment without time limit at grade GS-15 (or equivalent) or below who: (i) Is covered by a law providing both noncompetitive appointment eligibility to, and selection priority for, competitive service positions; and (ii) Received a Certification of Expected Separation under part 351 of this chapter or other official agency certification or notification indicating that the employee's position is surplus (for example, a notice of position abolishment or a notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement). (3) A current excepted service employee on a Schedule A or B appointment without time limit at grade level GS-15 (or equivalent) or below who is in an agency offering CTAP selection priority to its excepted service employees and who: (i) Received a Certification of Expected Separation under part 351 of this chapter or other official agency certification indicating that the employee is surplus (for example, a notice of position abolishment, or notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement); or Pt. 330, Nt. (ii) Received a RIF notice of separation under part 351 of this chapter or a notice of proposed removal under part 752 of this chapter for declining a directed geographic relocation outside the local commuting area (e.g., a directed reassignment or a change in duty station). Vacancy means a vacant competitive service position at grade GS-15 (or equivalent) or below to be filled for a total of 121 days or more, including all extensions, regardless of whether the agency issues a specific vacancy announcement.

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