[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR930.203]

[Page 570-571]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 930_PROGRAMS FOR SPECIFIC POSITIONS AND EXAMINATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS)
--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Appointment, Pay, and Removal of Administrative Law Judges
 
Sec. 930.203  Examination.

    (a) Periodic open competition. Applicants for entrance into the 
competitive service as administrative law judges will be examined 
periodically in open competition as announced by OPM. Applications 
received by OPM during such periods of open competition will be reviewed 
as a group.

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    (b) Minimum qualifications. All applicants must demonstrate in their 
written applications and supporting materials that they meet the 
qualifying experience requirements in OPM Examination Announcement No. 
318.
    (c) Supplemental qualifications. Applicants who meet minimum 
qualification requirements will be assigned a score on the supplemental 
qualifications statement described in the examination announcement.
    (d) Participation in examination procedures. Applicants who meet 
minimum qualification requirements and are assigned a score on the 
supplemental qualifications statement become eligible to compete for a 
final rating through participating in three additional examination 
procedures described in the examination announcement:
    (1) A written demonstration;
    (2) A panel interview; and
    (3) A personal reference inquiry.
    (e) Final rating. Applicants who complete the examination procedures 
described in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section will be assigned a 
final numerical rating based on a weighted sum of the scores for each of 
the four parts, transmuted to a scale of 0 to 100, with 70 required to 
pass. For applicants entitled thereto, the final passing score will be 
augmented by 5 or 10 veteran preference points.
    (f) Preparation of certificates. As agencies request certificates of 
applicants from registers to consider in filling vacant administrative 
law judge positions in various geographic areas, all applicants who are 
eligible and available for those positions will be ranked to identify 
the best qualified applicants to be certified. Eligible applicants who 
have completed the final rating process will be ranked on the basis of 
assigned final ratings, augmented by veteran preference points if 
applicable. At least three eligible applicants will be certified to the 
employing agency for consideration for each vacancy.
    (g) Appeal of rating. Applicants who obtain an ineligible rating or 
applicants who are dissatisfied with their final rating may appeal the 
rating to the Administrative Law Judge Rating Appeals Panel, Office of 
Personnel Management, Washington, DC 20415, within 30 days after the 
date of final action by the Office of Administrative Law Judges or such 
later time as may be allowed by the Panel.

[56 FR 6209, Feb. 14, 1991]