[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: 5CFR330.602]

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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 F--Agency Career Transition Assistance Plans (CTAP) for Local 
                     Surplus and Displaced Employees
 
Sec. 330.602  Agency plans.

    (a) Each agency will establish a Career Transition Assistance Plan 
(CTAP) to actively assist its surplus and displaced employees. A copy of 
the final plan and any additional modified plans will be sent to OPM as 
approved by the agency/department head or deputy or under secretary. An 
agency plan will include:
    (1) Policies to provide career transition services to all surplus 
and displaced agency employees affected by downsizing or restructuring, 
including employees in the excepted service and the Senior Executive 
Service, which include the following:
    (i) Types of career transition services to be provided by the 
agency;
    (ii) Use of excused absence for employees to use the services and 
facilities;
    (iii) Access to services or facilities after separation;
    (iv) The requirement for a specific orientation session for surplus 
and displaced employees on the use of career transition services and the 
eligibility requirements for selection priority under CTAP and ICTAP. 
The orientation session must include information on how to apply for 
vacancies under the CTAP and ICTAP (if applicable);
    (v) Retraining to be provided to employees;
    (vi) Access by employees, including those with disabilities, to 
services in headquarters, field offices, and remote site locations;
    (vii) Access to resource information on other forms of Federal, 
state, and local assistance which are available to support career 
transition for employees with disabilities;
    (viii) Role of employee assistance programs in providing services; 
and
    (ix) Designation of agency components, if the agency exercises its 
discretion under Sec. 330.606(d)(24).
    (2) Policies to provide special selection priority to well-qualified 
surplus and/or displaced agency employees, as defined by Sec. 330.604 
(c) and (i), who apply for agency vacancies in the local commuting area, 
before selecting any other candidate from either within or outside the 
agency, and agency procedures for reviewing qualification issues; and
    (3) Operation of the agency's Reemployment Priority List under 
subpart B of 5 CFR part 330.
    (b) Each agency is responsible for assuring that its Career 
Transition Assistance Plan and the provisions of these subparts are 
uniformly and consistently applied to all employees.

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