[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR731.303]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 731_SUITABILITY--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C_OPM Suitability Action Procedures
 
Sec.  731.303  Answer.

    (a) Respondent's answer. A respondent may answer the charges in 
writing and furnish documentation and/or affidavits in support of the 
response. A respondent who is an employee may also answer orally. The 
respondent may be represented by a representative of the respondent's 
choice, and such representative shall be designated in writing. To be 
timely, a written answer shall be made no more than 30 days after the 
date of the notice of proposed action. In the event an employee requests 
to make an oral answer, the request must be made within this 30 day time 
frame, and OPM shall determine the time and place thereof, and shall 
consider any answer the respondent makes in reaching a decision.
    (b) Agency's answer. An employing agency may also answer the notice 
of proposed action. The time limit for filing an answer is 30 days from 
the date of the notice. OPM shall consider any answer the agency makes 
in reaching a decision.