[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR720.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 720--AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
 
Sec. 720.202  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this subpart:
    (a) Underrepresentation means a situation in which the number of 
women or members of a minority group within a category of civil service 
employment constitutes a lower percentage of the total number of 
employees within the employment category than the percentage women or 
the minority constitutes within the civilian labor force of the United 
States, in accordance with Sec. 720.205 (c) and (d).
    (b) Category of civil service employment means such groupings of 
Federal jobs by grades and/or occupations as the Office of Personnel 
Management deems appropriate within the General Schedule and the 
prevailing wage systems.
    (c) Minority refers only to those groups classified as ``minority'' 
for the purpose of data collection by the Office of Personnel Management 
and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in furtherance of 
Federal equal employment opportunity policies. The term, ``women,'' 
includes nonminority as well as minority women.
    (d) Civilian labor force (CLF) includes all persons 16 years of age 
and over, except those in the armed forces, who are employed or who are 
unemployed and seeking work. CLF data are defined by the Bureau of the 
Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics and are reported in the most 
recent decennial or mid-decade census, or current population survey, 
under title 13 of the United States Code or any other reliable 
statistical study.
    (e) Recruitment means the total process by which the Federal 
Government and the Federal agencies locate, identify and assist in the 
employment of qualified applicants from underrepresented groups for job 
openings in categories of employment where underrepresentation has been 
determined. It includes both innovative internal and external 
recruitment actions. It is also intended to cover processes designed to 
prepare qualifiable applicants (those who have the potential but do not 
presently meet valid qualification requirements) for such job openings 
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programs of training, work experience or both.
    (f) Applicant pool means all types of listings from which selections 
may be made, including (but not limited to) promotion lists, competitive 
certificates and inventories of eligibles, applicant supply files, and 
lists of eligibles for certain noncompetitive appointments.