[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11017-11018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4918]
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 40 / Wednesday, March 1, 1995 / Rules
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 362
RIN 3206-AG17
Presidential Management Intern Program
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim
regulations governing selection and employment procedures for
Presidential Management Intern positions as part of the implementation
of Federal Personnel Manual (FPM) sunset. The regulations incorporate
certain requirements that existed in the provisionally retained FPM and
were abolished on December 31, 1994.
DATES: Effective Date: March 1, 1995. Comments on the interim
regulations must be received on or before May 1, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written comments to Assistant Director,
Office of Training Operations, HRDG, Suite 800, 1400 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22209.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ardrey Harris at 703-807-0321.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These regulations affect selection and
appointment to Presidential Management Intern positions. One of the
recommendations of the September 1993 Report of the National
Performance Review was that the Federal Personnel Manual (FPM) should
be ``sunset.'' Following consultation with agencies and other
interested parties, the Director of the OPM issued a memorandum
abolishing the FPM as of December 31, 1993. Portions of the FPM and FPM
supplements, however, were provisionally retained until December 31,
1994. Decisions on what to include in the regulations were based on
whether the requirement or authority was necessary to assure uniformity
in Presidential Management Intern Program (PMIP) operations, and/or to
protect employee rights.
Under section 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5 of the United States Code,
the Director finds that good cause exists for waiving the general
notice of proposed rulemaking. The notice is being waived because the
regulations continue certain requirements and authorities that are
currently in the provisionally retained FPM material and that went out
of existence as of December 31, 1994, because they are not specified in
existing regulations or law. No new requirements would be imposed on
agencies under the regulations.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Review
This rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget
in accordance with Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects
only certain Federal employees.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 362
Administrative practice and procedure, Government employees.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.
Accordingly, OPM is adding part 362 of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations as follows:
PART 362--PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT INTERN PROGRAM
Subpart A--Purpose, Definitions
Sec.
362.101 Purpose.
362.102 Definitions.
Subpart B--Program Administration
Sec.
362.201 Appointment.
362.202 Eligibility.
362.203 Extensions and Conversions of Presidential Management
Internships.
362.204 Termination.
362.205 Resignation.
362.206 Movement of interns between Agencies.
362.207 Career development.
362.208 Agency duties.
Authority: E.O. 12364
Subpart A--Purpose, Definitions
Sec. 362.101 Purpose.
The Presidential Management Intern Program (PMIP), established by
Executive Order 12008 on August 25, 1977, and reconstituted by
Executive Order 12346 on May 24, 1982, is designed to attract to
Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic
disciplines who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, a career
in the analysis and management of public policies and programs.
Sec. 362.102 Definitions.
Presidential Management Interns are individuals appointed in the
excepted service, under Sec. 213.3102(ii) of this chapter, in an
executive agency or department. Such an individual must be a United
States citizen who has completed a graduate course of study at a
qualifying college or university, received the nomination of the dean
or academic program director, passed on OPM-administered screening
process, and been selected by an agency for a 2-year Presidential
Management Internship.
Qualifying colleges or universities are accredited United States
academic institutions with a graduate program applicable to the
management or analysis of public programs and policies.
Subpart B--Program Administration
Sec. 362.201 Appointment.
(a) The appointment authority for Presidential Management Interns
is Sec. 213.3102(ii) of this chapter. Appointments under this authority
cannot exceed 2 years unless extended by the Federal department or
agency, with the concurrence of the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, for up to one additional year.
(b) Agencies need to assure that all graduate degree requirements
have been met at the time of appointment. Interns may not be appointed
prior to the completion of all graduate degree requirements. Exceptions
may be made on an individual basis, but in no case will an intern be
allowed to remain in the program if all degree requirements are not
completed by August 31 of the year in which interns were selected as
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(c) Finalists in the PMIP may be appointed following official
announcement of their selection as finalists. Appointments must be made
no later than December 31 of the year in which the terms were selected
as finalists. Exceptions may be granted on a case by case basis upon
request to the PMIP office no later than December 15.
(d) Initial appointments must be made at the grade GS-9, Step 1
level of the General Schedule. If an intern has had prior higher level
Federal Government experience, that individual may be placed at higher
step within grade GS-9 of the General Schedule. The appointment
authority, Sec. 213.3102(ii) of this chapter, authorizes Presidential
Management Intern positions only at grades GS-9 and GS-11 of the
General Schedule. Therefore, promotions above grade GS-11 can occur
only on or after the date of conversion of the competitive service.
Sec. 362.202 Eligibility.
(a) General. Those eligible to be nominated for the Program are
United States citizens completing or expecting to complete an advanced
degree focusing on or applicable to the analysis or management of
public policies and programs from an accredited United States college
or university during the current academic year.
(b) Nomination procedure. (1) Students must be nominated by their
school deans or academic program directors. Individuals who wish to be
nominated must be rated by their schools as either qualified or not
qualified for nomination and should be notified of their status by
their schools. The school is obligated to devise a competitive
nomination process which ensures that selection is determined on the
basis of relative ability, knowledge and skills after fair and open
competition which assures that all receive equal opportunity. All
honorably discharged veterans with Federal veterans' preference
entitlement who are in the qualified group must be nominated. Schools
will need to determine which of the qualified individuals have Federal
veterans' preference entitlement in order to ensure their nomination.
These individuals must submit verification of their Federal veterans'
preference entitlement along with their application to the PMIP Review
Committee. Veterans who believe they meet their school's qualification
requirements, but who are not nominated, have the right to appeal their
non-nomination to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
(2) Selection of Program finalists is made by the Presidential
Management Intern Selection Committee based on selection process
results.
Sec. 362.203 Extensions and Conversions of Presidential Management
Internships.
(a) Federal agencies may request OPM approval for an extension of
an internship for up to a 3rd and final year. The primary reason for
extending an internship is to provide the intern with additional
training and developmental activities.
(b) A written request to extend an internship should be submitted
to the PMIP, no later than 60 days prior to the end of the initial 2-
year period. This request must be sent to: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management; Presidential Management Intern Program; 1400 Wilson
Boulevard; Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 22209.
(c) Eligibility for conversion. Employees who have completed
Presidential Management Internships are to be converted non-
competitively to a career or career-conditional appointment for which
they are qualified if all the following criteria are met:
(1) The employee has successfully competed a Presidential
Management Internship at the time of conversion;
(2) The employee is recommended for conversion at least 90 calendar
days before the completion of the internship. The agency decides
whether or not to convert the employee. No recommendation is made to
OPM. Agencies are asked to inform the PMIP, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, when an individual will not be converted.
(d) Effective date. Conversions will be effective on the date when
the 2-year service requirement is met unless the internship is extended
by the Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management, for up to one additional year.
(e)(1) Tenure acquired. Upon conversion, the employee becomes a
career employee if the service requirements in Sec. 315.708 of this
chapter are met; otherwise, the employee becomes a career-conditional
employee.
(2) The time-after-competitive-appointment restriction. This
restriction, Sec. 330.501 of this chapter, does not apply to
conversions under Executive Order 12364.
(f) Probationary period. Employees converted under this section do
not have to serve a probationary period. Successful completion of the
Presidential Management Internship is regarded as completion of the
probationary period.
Sec. 362.204 Termination.
The appointment of a Presidential Management Intern under
Sec. 213.3102(ii) of this chapter expires at the end of the 2-year
internship period. At that time, the employing agency may, with no
break in service, convert the intern to the competitive service or
extend the internship with prior approval from OPM. If neither of those
actions is taken, the Presidential Management Intern appointment
terminates.
Sec. 362.205 Resignation.
Interns who resign during their internship do not have
reinstatement eligibility for competitive service positions and cannot
be reinstated to the PMIP.
Sec. 362.206 Movement of interns between agencies.
If an intern wishes to change his or her employing agency during
the internship, it is necessary to resign from the current agency and
be rehired by the new employing agency under the PMIP appointment
authority without a break in service.
Sec. 362.207 Career development.
(a) The U.S. Office of Personnel Management will provide career
development and training programs for interns during the 2-year
internship. The career development component of the PMIP includes an
initial orientation seminar, conferences, seminars, periodic
opportunities for special briefings and workshops, and a program at the
end of the internship.
(b) Interns must participate fully in the PMIP orientation and
educational programs, as well as seminars, workshops, and other
programs throughout the 2-year internship.
Sec. 362.208 Agency duties.
Agencies must provide--
(1) An orientation for interns which includes discussion of the
agency's plans for interns, provides specific information on the
functions and mission of the agency, and makes explicit the agency's
expectations of interns;
(2) Individual development planning to ensure the intern gains
professional and technical skills to qualify for a target upon
conversion;
(3) A series of core assignments targeted to a functional area into
which the intern is most likely to be converted.
[FR Doc. 95-4918 Filed 2-28-95;8:45am]
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