CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 300—EMPLOYMENT (GENERAL) > SUBPART A—Employment Practices (§300.101 to §300.104) > 300.102—Policy.

300.102—Policy.

This subpart is directed to implementation of the policy that competitive employment practices:
(a) Be practical in character and as far as possible relate to matters that fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of candidates for the jobs to be filled;
(b) Result in selection from among the best qualified candidates;
(c) Be developed and used without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, partisan political affiliation or other nonmerit grounds; and
(d) Insure to the candidate opportunity for appeal or administrative review, as appropriate.

Code of Federal Regulations

[40 FR 15379, Apr. 7, 1975]