[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 5CFR351.402]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 351--REDUCTION IN FORCE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--Scope of Competition
 
Sec. 351.402  Competitive area.

    (a) Each agency shall establish competitive areas in which employees 
compete for retention under this part.
    (b) A competitive area must be defined solely in terms of the 
agency's organizational unit(s) and geographical location, and it must 
include all employees within the competitive area so defined. A 
competitive area may consist of all or part of an agency. The minimum 
competitive area is a subdivision of the agency under separate 
administration within the local commuting area.
    (c) When a competitive area will be in effect less than 90 days 
prior to the effective date of a reduction in force, a description of 
the competitive area shall be submitted to the OPM for approval in 
advance of the reduction in force. Descriptions of all competitive areas 
must be made readily available for review.
    (d) Each agency shall establish a separate competitive area for each 
Inspector General activity established under authority of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, Public Law 95-452, as amended, in which only 
employees of that office shall compete for retention under this part.

[51 FR 319 Jan. 3, 1986, as amended at 56 FR 65416, Dec. 17, 1991; 62 FR 
62500, Nov. 24, 1997]