[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: 5CFR332.401]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 332_RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION THROUGH COMPETITIVE 
EXAMINATION--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart D_Consideration for Appointment
 
Sec. 332.401  Order on registers.


    Subject to apportionment, residence, and other requirements of law 
and this chapter, OPM shall enter the names of eligibles on the 
appropriate register in accordance with their numerical ratings, except 
that the names of:
    (a) Preference eligibles shall be entered in accordance with their 
augmented ratings and ahead of others having the same rating; and
    (b) Preference eligibles who have a compensable service-connected 
disability of 10 percent or more shall be entered at the top of the 
register in the order of their ratings unless the register is for 
professional or scientific positions in GS-9 and above and in comparable 
pay levels under other pay-fixing authorities.