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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 782-OCT. 28, 1949 Revision, etc., of standards. Use of official class titles. Certification of action. Employee request. Position placement. Review of positions. Erroneous classifica- tion. In such standards the Commission shall (1) define the various classes of positions that exist in the service in terms of duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements; (2) establish the official class titles; and (3) set forth the grades in which such classes have been placed by the Commission. At the request of the Commission, the depart- ments shall furnish information for and cooperate in the preparation of such standards. Such standards shall be published in such form as the Commission may determine. (b) The Commission shall keep such standards up to date. From time to time, after consultation with the departments to the extent deemed necessary by the Commission, it may revise, supplement, or abolish existing standards, or prepare new standards, so that, as nearly as may be practicable, positions existing at any given time within the service will be covered by current published standards. (c) The official class titles so established shall be used for personnel, budget, and fiscal purposes, but this requirement shall not prevent the use of organizational or other titles for internal administration, public convenience, law enforcement, or similar purposes. TITLE V-AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE SEC. 501. (a) Notwithstanding section 502, the Commission shall have authority, which may be exercised at any time in its discretion, to- (1) ascertain currently the facts as to the duties, responsibil- ities, and qualification requirements of any position; (2) place in an appropriate class and grade any newly created position or any position coming initially under this Act; (3) decide whether any position is in its appropriate class and grade; and (4) change any position from one class or grade to another class or grade whenever the facts warrant. The Commission shall certify to the department concerned action taken by the Commission under paragraph (2) or (4). The department shall take action in accordance with such certificate, and such certificate shall be binding on all administrative, certifying, pay roll, disbursing, and accounting officers of the Government. (b) Any employee or employees (including any officer or officers) affected or any department may request at any time that the Com- mission exercise the authority granted to it under subsection (a) and the Commission shall act upon such request. SEC. 502. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, each depart- ment shall place each position under its jurisdiction and to which this Act applies in its appropriate class and grade in conformance with standards published by the Commission or, if no published standards directly apply, consistently with published standards. A department may, whenever the facts warrant, change any position which it has placed in a class or grade under this subsection from such class or grade to another class or grade. Such actions of the departments shall be the basis for the payment of compensation and for personnel trans- actions until changed by certificate of the Commission. (b) The Commission shall, from time to time, review such number of positions in each department as will enable the Commission to deter- mine whether such department is placing positions in classes and grades in conformance with or consistently with published standards. SEc. 503. Whenever the Commission finds under section 502 (b) that a position to which this Act applies is not placed in its proper class and grade in conformance with published standards or that positions for 958 [63 STAT.

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