[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: 5CFR316.201]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 316--TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B--TAPER Employment
 
Sec. 316.201  Purpose and duration.


    (a) General. OPM may authorize an agency to fill a vacancy by 
temporary appointment pending establishment of a register (TAPER 
appointment) when there are insufficient eligibles on a register 
appropriate for filling the vacancy in a position that will last for a 
period of more than 1 year and the public interest requires that the 
vacancy be filled before eligibles can be certified. The agency must 
follow the provisions of part 333 of this chapter when making a TAPER 
appointment.
    (b) Specific authority for Worker-Trainee positions. Agencies may 
make TAPER appointments to positions at GS-1, WG-1, and WG-2 and may 
reassign or promote the appointees to other positions through grade GS-
4, WG-5, or equivalent grades in the Federal Wage System consistent with 
Sec. 330.501 of this chapter. Agencies are authorized to reassign or 
promote worker-trainees under this authority.

[60 FR 3058, Jan. 13, 1995, as amended at 63 FR 63783, Nov. 17, 1998; 64 
FR 15286, Mar. 31, 1999]