[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR300.201]

[Page 122]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 300--EMPLOYMENT (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Examinations and Related Subjects
 
Sec. 300.201  Examinations.


    (a) The Office makes available information that will assist members 
of the public in understanding the purpose of, and preparing for, civil 
service examinations. This includes the types of questions and the 
categories of knowledge or skill pertinent to a particular examination. 
The Office does not release the following: (1) Testing and examination 
materials used solely to determine individual qualifications, and (2) 
test material, including test plans, item analysis data, criterion 
instruments, and other material the disclosure of which would compromise 
the objectivity of the testing process.
    (b) The Office maintains control over the security and release of 
testing and examination materials which it has developed and made 
available to agencies for initial competitive appointment or inservice 
use unless the materials were developed specifically for an agency 
through a reimbursable contractual agreement. These testing and 
examination materials include, and are subject to the same controls as, 
those described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.
    (c) Each employee entrusted with test material has a positive duty 
to protect the confidentiality of that material and to assure release 
only as required to conduct an examination authorized by the Office.
    (d) An applicant may review his or her own answers in a written 
test, but only in the presence of an employee of the Office or, for the 
convenience of the Office and requester, in the presence of an employee 
of another agency designated by OPM. The applicant may not review a test 
booklet in connection with this review.
    (e) The Office will release information concerning the results of 
examinations only to the individual concerned, or to parties explicitly 
designated by the individual.
    (f) The Office will not reveal the names of applicants for civil 
service positions or eligibles on civil service registers, certificates, 
employment lists, or other lists of eligibles, or their ratings or 
relative standings.

[50 FR 3312, Jan. 24, 1985, as amended at 60 FR 3057, Jan. 13, 1995]