OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ISSUES RULE: REINVIGORATING MERIT-BASED HIRING THROUGH CANDIDATE RANKING IN THE COMPETITIVE AND EXCEPTED SERVICE (RULE OF MANY)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Office Of Personnel Management has issued a rule called: Reinvigorating Merit-Based Hiring Through Candidate Ranking in the Competitive and Excepted Service (Rule of Many).

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 8 by Jerson Matias, Federal Register Liaison.

Summary: 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 ...