[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR731.302]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 731--SUITABILITY--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--OPM Suitability Action Procedures
 
Sec. 731.302  Notice of proposed action.

    (a) OPM shall notify the applicant, appointee, or employee 
(hereinafter, the ``respondent'') in writing of the proposed action and 
of the charges against the respondent (including the availability for 
review, upon request, of the materials relied upon). The notice shall 
state the specific reasons for the proposed action and that the 
respondent has the right to answer the notice in writing. If the 
respondent is an employee, the notice shall further state that the 
employee may also make an oral answer, as specified in Sec. 731.303(a). 
The notice shall further inform the respondent of the time limits for 
response as well as the address to which such response should be made.
    (b) The notice of proposed action shall be served upon the 
respondent by being mailed or hand delivered to the respondent's last 
known residence, and/or duty station, no less than 30 days prior to the 
effective date of the proposed action. If the respondent is employed in 
the competitive service on the date the notice is served, the respondent 
shall be entitled to be retained in a pay status during the notice 
period.
    (c) OPM shall send a copy of this notice to any employing agency 
that is involved.