US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 3300.03 § 6
REFERRAL OF CANDIDATES
CSU will refer eligible candidates by following one of the certification options listed below:
■ Option 1. Refer all candidates in the highest quality category, listing veteran preference
eligibles ahead of non-veteran preference eligibles. Eligible candidates within preference
groups (i.e., preference eligibles and non-veterans) must be listed in alphabetical order within
their respective preference groups).
■ Option 2. Refer only the veteran preference eligibles in the highest quality category when it
appears likely that non-veteran preference eligibles will not be within reach for selection.
Eligibles will be listed in alphabetical order.
Merging quality categories is optional. If there are fewer than three candidates in the Best
Qualified category, the two highest categories (Best Qualified and Highly Qualified) may be
merged. The newly merged category becomes the new highest quality category. All preference
eligibles in the merged category must be placed ahead of non-preference eligibles.
History
PS 3300.03 dated 2017-05-08
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
d9acce294fa2027b7f9c43ebf7f087b496969fe36484fd2d8262e5d94c75b68a
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