[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: 5CFR330.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 330--RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A--Discretion in Filling Vacancies
 
Sec. 330.101  Methods of filling vacancies.


    An appointing officer may fill a position in the competitive service 
by any of the methods authorized in this chapter. He shall exercise his 
discretion in each personnel action solely on the basis of merit and 
fitness and without the discrimination prohibited in part 713 of this 
chapter.