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    <CFRTITLE>5</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Administrative Personnel</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2006-01-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2006-01-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>OPM responsibilities.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>451.107</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 451.107</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 5" SEQ="4">Administrative Personnel</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER B" SEQ="2">CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 451" SEQ="1">AWARDS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart A" SEQ="0">Agency Awards</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 451.107</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>OPM responsibilities.</SUBJECT>
    <P>(a) OPM shall review and approve or disapprove each agency recommendation for an award that would grant more than $10,000 to an individual employee.</P>

    <P>(b) When a recommended award would grant more than $25,000 to an individual employee, OPM shall review <PRTPAGE P="340"/>the recommendation and submit it (if approved) to the President for final approval.</P>
    <P>(c) OPM shall review and approve or disapprove a request from the head of an Executive agency to extend the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 4505a to any category of employees within that agency that would not be covered otherwise.</P>
    <P>(d) OPM may evaluate the operation and application of an agency's award program(s).</P>
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