[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: 5CFR900.601]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 900--INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL ACT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart F--Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration
 
Sec. 900.601  Purpose.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4728, 4763; E.O. 11589, 3 CFR part 557 (1971-
1975 Compilation).

    Source: 48 FR 9210, Mar. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The purpose of these regulations is to implement provisions of 
title II of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, as amended, 
relating to Federally required merit personnel systems in State and 
local agencies, in a manner that recognizes fully the rights, powers, 
and responsibilities of State and local governments and encourages 
innovation and allows for diversity among State and local governments in 
the design, execution, and management of their systems of personnel 
administration, as provided by that Act.
    (b) Certain Federal grant programs require, as a condition of 
eligibility, that State and local agencies that receive grants establish 
merit personnel systems for their personnel engaged in administration of 
the grant-aided program. These merit personnel systems are in some cases 
required by specific Federal grant statutes and in other cases are 
required by regulations of the Federal grantor agencies. Title II of the 
Act gives the U.S. Office of Personnel Management authority to prescribe 
standards for these Federally required merit personnel systems.