[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: 5CFR330.701] [Page 209-210] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 330--RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL)--Table of Contents Subpart G--Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan for Displaced Employees Sec. 330.701 Purpose. Authority: Presidential memorandum dated September 12, 1995, entitled ``Career Transition Assistance for Federal Employees''. Source: 62 FR 31323, June 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted. [[Page 210]] (a) This subpart implements the President's memorandum of September 12, 1995, to establish a special interagency career transition assistance program for Federal employees during a period of severe Federal downsizing. (b) This subpart is effective July 9, 1997. (c) The provisions of the Reemployment Priority List (RPL) set forth in subpart B of this part will remain in effect during the period of severe Federal downsizing. When an agency considers candidates from outside the agency for vacancies, registrants in an agency's RPL have priority for selection over employees eligible under this subpart in accordance with Sec. 330.705. (d) This subpart applies only when agencies are making selections from outside their workforce, and does not prohibit movement within an agency, as permitted by subpart F of this part.