📋New Merit-Based Hiring Regulations Impact Federal Employment Practices
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to implement changes authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 governing the selection of candidates from competitive lists of eligibles. These changes are meant to encourage the use of rigorous, merit-based candidate rankings when hiring in the competitive and excepted service. They also provide expanded flexibility to agencies in the selection of candidates under delegated examining procedures. These changes also affect how agencies select candidates for excepted service appointments.
Learn More📄Reforming Federal Hiring Practices Under Executive Order 14170
Executive Order 14170 aims to reform the federal hiring process to attract a high-caliber workforce committed to American values and constitutional principles. The order emphasizes merit-based recruitment, establishes a Federal Hiring Plan, and sets accountability measures to modernize the hiring process, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in federal services.
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