United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2018-02-14 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f32cd9 D09002ee1c7f32dca United States Office of Personnel Management originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule that implements statutory changes pertaining to veterans' preference. These changes were made in response to the Hubbard Act, which broadened the category of individuals eligible for veterans' preference; and to implement the VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, which requires Federal agencies to treat certain active duty service members as preference eligibles for purposes of an appointment to the competitive service, even though the service members have not been discharged or released from active duty and do not have a Department of Defense (DD) Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. In addition, OPM has updated its regulations to reference existing requirements for the alternative ranking and selection procedure called "category rating," and to add a reference to the end date of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which affected veteran status and preference eligibility. This action aligns OPM's regulations with existing statutes. 81 FR 83107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-11-21/2016-27886 2016-27886 fr21no16-1 RIN 3206-AM79 6325-39-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-11-21/2016-27886 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-21/html/2016-27886.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-21/pdf/2016-27886.pdf Government Employees Veterans 3 p. 83107 83109 81 FR 83107 Title 5 Part 211 5 CFR Part 211 RIN 3206-AM79 Veterans' Preference; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-27886 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 2016-12-21 6325-39-P 2016-27886 Final rule.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule that implements statutory changes pertaining to veterans' preference. These changes were made in response to the Hubbard Act, which broadened the category of individuals eligible for veterans' preference; and to implement the VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, which requires Federal agencies to treat certain active duty service members as preference eligibles for purposes of an appointment to the competitive service, even though the service members have not been discharged or released from active duty and do not have a Department of Defense (DD) Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. In addition, OPM has updated its regulations to reference existing requirements for the alternative ranking and selection procedure called "category rating," and to add a reference to the end date of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which affected veteran status and preference eligibility. This action aligns OPM's regulations with existing statutes.

This rule will be effective December 21, 2016. Michael Gilmore by telephone on (202) 606-2429, by fax at (202) 606-4430, by TTY at (202) 418-3134, or by email at Michael.gilmore@opm.gov. Government Employees Veterans Veterans' Preference , Michael.gilmore@opm.gov Vol. 81, no. 224 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-11-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 526 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-11-21 P0b002ee1986484ec 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21no16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-11-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-21/pdf/FR-2016-11-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-21/xml/FR-2016-11-21.xml fdlp 83107 83622 DGPO 2018-02-14 2024-06-01 FR-2016-11-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-11-21 81 224