[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR300.401]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 300_EMPLOYMENT (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_Use of Commercial Recruiting Firms and Nonprofit Employment 
                                Services
 
Sec. 300.401  Definitions.

    Source: 53 FR 51222, Dec. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.


    For purposes of this subpart:
    (a) A commercial recruiting firm is a profit-making entity which, by 
contract, supplies individual candidates for consideration for specific 
Federal vacancies, in accordance with the requirements set by the 
Federal agency.
    (b) A nonprofit employment service is one legally established as 
nonprofit under State law. It may be operated, for example, by 
professional societies, organizations of college graduates, social 
agencies, or a State or local government. Federal agencies may not, 
however, use a nonprofit employment service sponsored by a partisan 
political organization. By contract, a nonprofit employment service 
supplies individual candidates for consideration for specific Federal 
vacancies, in accordance with the requirements set by the Federal 
agency.