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Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

Article 6 – Appointments

Revised January 17, 2000

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31060.5 Appointments Requiring Director/ Chief Deputy Director Approval

  • The Director of CDC retains appointing authority for all appointments designated as “managerial” under the Ralph C. Dills Act.

  • Each hiring authority shall submit formal requests to appoint individuals to designated managerial positions. The “Approval-to-Appoint” memoranda shall be addressed to the Director/Chief Deputy Director and be routed through all appropriate management levels in the respective program area.

  • This applies to all methods of appointment including:

    • Employment list appointment (Permanent or Limited-Term).

    • Temporary authorization.

    • Training and Development (T&DTraining and Development) assignments.

    • Transfers.

    • Permissive reinstatements.

  • Emergency appointments, retired annuitant appointments, and mandatory reinstatements are exempt from these procedures.

  • All the necessary appointment requirements such as position justification, appointment eligibility, budgetary approvals, and/or compliance with any freeze requirements (STDStandard Form (DGS) Form 607, Change in Established Positions; STDStandard Form (DGS) Form 625, Request for Certification; or CDC Form 647, CDC Personnel Action Request, as Appropriate), or the State Restriction of Appointment Procedures must be met prior to submission of the package to the Directorate.

  • “Approval-to-Appoint” Time Frame

    • The “Approval-to-Appoint” request must be received by the Chief Deputy Director’s Office at Least two weeks prior to the requested date of appointment.

  • Hiring Commitments

    • Final hiring commitments cannot be made until receipt of the Director’s/Chief Deputy Director’s approval.

  • Approval Process

    • Upon the Director/Chief Deputy Director’s approval, the “Approval-to Appoint” package will be forwarded to the Assistant Deputy Director, OPMOffice of Personnel Management who will be responsible for notifying the appropriate Deputy Director and/or Warden so that the applicants and selected candidate can be notified.

    • The appointment shall be announced in the next issue of Correction News.

    • Disapproved requests shall be returned by the Director’s office through the appropriate management levels to the hiring authority.