[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR302.4]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 302_CIVIL DEFENSE-STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE 

PROGRAM (EMA)--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 302.4  Merit personnel systems.



    (a) Background. Section 208 of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 4728) authorizes Federal agencies to require, as a 

condition of participation in Federal assistance programs, systems of a 

personnel administration consistent with personnel standards prescribed 

by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM has promulgated 

Standards for a System of Personnel Administration (5 CFR part 900) 

which prescribe intergovernmental personnel standards on a merit basis 

as a condition of eligibility in the administration of grant programs. 

OPM has approved FEMA adoption of these standards by the regulations in 

this part.

    (b) Standard. Participation by each grantee and each subgrantee 

under the program covered in this part is subject to compliance with the 

following conditions regarding merit personnel systems:



    Methods of personnel administration will be established and 

maintained in public agencies administering or supervising the 

administration of the civil defense program in conformity with the 

Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration 5 CFR part 900, 

which incorporate the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Merit Principles 

(Pub. L. 91-648, section 2, 84 Stat. 1909) prescribed by the Office of 

Personnel Management pursuant to section 208 of the Intergovernmental 

Personnel Act of 1970 as amended.





Section 302.3(a)(5) of this part provides, in part, that State 

administrative plans that fail to provide for fulfilling this condition 

are not approvable.