Federal Staffing Provisions Supporting Sunset of the Federal Personnel Manual

Resumen

This proposed rule places into regulation a limited number of Federal staffing provisions that were formerly in the Federal Personnel Manual (FPM). The remaining ``provisionally retained'' portions of the FPM will be abolished by December 31, 1994. This proposed rule deletes or replaces regulatory language which references the FPM. Its provisions also define or clarify terms and describe procedures used in veterans' preference, reductions in force, veterans' readjustment appointments, term appointments, seasonal and intermittent employment, noncompetitive term appointments based on Peace Corps service, exemption of certain employees from coverage of the Part-time Career Employment Act, physical requirements for employment, and actions taken during a national emergency (including the possible appointment of relatives). They extend delegations to agencies for assigning persons serving under excepted appointments to the work of positions in the competitive service; making temporary appointments of worker trainees pending establishment of a register (TAPER); and extending time limits for overseas temporary appointments. The proposed provisions also delete requirements for a number of r