BOP Program Statement 3000.03 § 16

a. Promotion Certificate. A promotion certificate including

the names and applications of all applicants found to be best

qualified will be forwarded to the selecting official. In

addition:

Ž Best qualified applicants will be listed on the

promotion certificate in alphabetical order.

Ž If the position has been announced at more than one

grade level, the best qualified applicants will be

grouped by grade, at the highest grade level for which

they are eligible. If there is only one applicant

found qualified at a particular grade level, that

individual will automatically be placed on the best

qualified list if the applicant is determined to be

well qualified for the position.

b. Noncompetitive Applicants. Applicants eligible for

noncompetitive appointments and/or conversions, reassignment,

change to lower grade, or reinstatement, whose selections are not

covered by the provisions of this plan, will be submitted to the

selecting official on a separate memorandum.

c. Expiration of Promotion Certificates. A promotion

certificate is valid for 90 days after the date the promotion

board best qualified list is presented to the selecting official.

d. Action by the Selecting Official. The selecting official

may:

Ž Select any best qualified applicant;

Ž Fill the position through some other type of placement

action; or

Ž Decide not to fill the position.

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If additional vacancies occur prior to the expiration of the

promotion certificate, the selecting official may make additional

selections from the best qualified group.

e. Interviews. Selecting officials, or designees, may

interview best qualified applicants. However, if any best

qualified applicant is interviewed, all must be interviewed.

f. Effective Date. Normally, personnel actions resulting from

promotion boards will be effective when the selectee assumes the

new position. The effective date must be the beginning of a pay

period. Travel for relocation will normally begin after the

effective date when the selectee is on the gaining institution's

or office's rolls.

g. Union Requests. Upon request, the HRM will give the local

union president an oral status report on any bargaining unit

selection still pending one week after the promotion board has

met.