[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
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[CITE: 5CFR5.2]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 5_REGULATIONS, INVESTIGATION, AND ENFORCEMENT 
(RULE V)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 5.2  Investigation and evaluations.

    The Director may secure effective implementation of the civil 
service laws, rules, and regulations, and all Executive orders imposing 
responsibilities on the Office by:
    (a) Investigating the qualifications and suitability of applicants 
for positions in the competitive service. The Director may require 
appointments to be made subject to investigation to enable the Director 
to determine, after appointment, that the requirements of law or the 
civil service rules and regulations have been met.
    (b) Evaluating the effectiveness of: (1) Personnel policies, 
programs, and operations of Executive and other Federal agencies subject 
to the jurisdiction of the Office, including their effectiveness with 
regard to merit selection and employee development; (2) agency 
compliance with and enforcement of applicable laws, rules, regulations 
and office directives; and (3) agency personnel management evaluation 
systems.
    (c) Investigating, or directing an agency to investigate and report 
on, apparent violations of applicable laws, rules, regulations, or 
directives requiring corrective action, found in the course of an 
evaluation.

[45 FR 4337, Jan. 22, 1980, as amended by E.O. 13197, 66 FR 7853, Jan. 
25, 2001]