[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: 5CFR731.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 731--SUITABILITY--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A--Scope
 
Sec. 731.101  Purpose.


    The purpose of this part is to establish criteria and procedures for 
making determinations of suitability for employment in positions in the 
competitive service and for career appointments in the Senior Executive 
Service (hereinafter in this part, ``competitive service'') pursuant to 
5 U.S.C. 3301 and E.O. 10577. Section 3301 of title 5, United States 
Code, directs consideration of ``age, health, character, knowledge, and 
ability for the employment sought.'' E.O. 10577 directs OPM to examine 
``suitability'' for competitive Federal employment. This part concerns 
only determinations of ``suitability'' based on an individual's 
character or conduct that may impact the efficiency of the service by 
jeopardizing an agency's accomplishment of its duties or 
responsibilities, or by interfering with or preventing effective service 
in the position applied for or employed in, and determinations that 
there is a statutory or regulatory bar to employment. Determinations 
made under this part are distinct from determinations of eligibility for 
assignment to, or retention in, sensitive national security positions 
made under E.O. 10450 or similar authorities.