[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR3.2]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 3_NONCOMPETITIVE ACQUISITION OF STATUS (RULE III)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.2  Appointments without competitive examination in rare cases.

    Subject to receipt of satisfactory evidence of the qualifications of 
the person to be appointed, OPM may authorize an appointment in the 
competitive service without competitive examination whenever it finds 
that the duties or compensation of the position are such, or that 
qualified persons are so rare, that, in the interest of good civil-
service administration, the position cannot be filled through open 
competitive examination. Any person heretofore or hereafter appointed 
under this section shall acquire a competitive status upon completion of 
at least one year of satisfactory service and compliance with such 
requirements as OPM may prescribe. Detailed statements of the reasons 
for the noncompetitive appointments made under this section shall be 
published in OPM's annual reports.