[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: 5CFR900.604]

[Page 506-507]
 
                    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. 900.604  Compliance.

    (a) Certification by Chief Executives. (1) Certification of 
agreement by a chief executive of a State or local jurisdiction to 
maintain a system of personnel administration in conformance with these 
Standards satisfies any applicable Federal merit personnel requirements 
of the Federal assistance or other programs to which personnel standards 
on a merit basis are applicable.
    (2) Chief executives will maintain these certifications and make 
them available to the Office of Personnel Management.
    (3) In the absence of certification by the chief executive, 
compliance with the Standards may be certified by the heads of those 
State and local agencies that are required to have merit personnel 
systems as a condition of Federal assistance or other intergovernmental 
programs.
    (b) Resolution of Compliance Issues. (1) Chief executives of State 
and local jurisdictions operating covered programs are responsible for 
supervising compliance by personnel systems in their jurisdictions with 
the Standards. They shall resolve all questions regarding compliance by 
personnel systems in their jurisdictions with the Standards. Findings 
and supporting documentation with regard to specific compliance issues 
shall be maintained by the chief executive, or a personal designee, and 
shall be forwarded, on request, to the Office of Personnel Management.
    (2) The merit principles apply to systems of personnel 
administration. The Intergovernmental Personnel Act does not authorize 
OPM to exercise any authority, direction or control over the selection, 
assignment, advancement, retention, compensation, or other personnel 
action with respect to any individual State or local employee.
    (3) When a chief executive requests the assistance of the Office of 
Personnel Management, the Office will provide consultation and technical 
advice to aid the State or local government in complying with the 
Standards.
    (4) The Office of Personnel Management will advise Federal agencies 
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application of the Standards in resolving compliance issues and will 
recommend actions to carry out the purposes of the Intergovernmental 
Personnel Act. Questions regarding interpretation of the Standards will 
be referred to the Office of Personnel Management.

[48 FR 9210, Mar. 4, 1983; 48 FR 10801, Mar. 15, 1983, as amended at 62 
FR 33971, June 24, 1997; 62 FR 53223, Oct. 14, 1997]