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 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2

92 STAT. 3783

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 of 1978 ^ Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 23, 1978, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the Unilid States Code. > PART I. Office of Personnel Management

5 USC 1101

note; 5 USC app. SECTION 101. Establishment of the Office of Personrul Manc^ement and its Director and Other Matters. There is hereby established as an independent estabhshment in the Executive Branch, the Office of Personnel Management (the "Office"). The head of the Office shall be the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (the "Director"), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for level II of the Executive Schedule. The position referred to in 5 U.S.C. 5109(b) is 5 USC 5313. hereby abolished. SECTION 102. Transfer of Functions. Except as otherwise specified in this Plan, all functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service Commission, or the Chairman of said Commission, or the Boards of Examiners established by 5 U.S.C. 1105 are hereby transferred to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. SECTION 103. Deputy Director and Associate Directors. (a) There shall be within the Office of Deputy Director who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for level III of the Executive Schedule. The Deputy Director shall perform such functions as the Director may 5 USC 5314. from time to time prescribe and shall act as Director during the absence or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Director. (b) There shall be within the Office not more than five Associate Directors, who shall be appointed by the Director in the excepted service, shall have such titles as the Director shall from time to time determine, and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule. 5 USC 5315. SECTION 104. Functions of the Director. The functions of the Director shall'include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Aiding the President, as the President may request, in preparing such rules as the President prescribes, for the administration of civilian employment now within the jurisdiction of the United States Civil Service Commission; (b) Advising the President, as the President may request, on any matters pertaining to civilian employment now within the jurisdiction of the United States Civil Service Commission; (c) Executing, administering and enforcing the Civil Service rules and regulations of the President and the Office and the statutes governing the same, and other activities of the Office including retirement and classification activities except to the extent such functions remain vested in the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Section 202 of this Plan, or are transferred to the Special Counsel pursuant to Section 204 of this Plan. The Director shall provide the public, where appropriate, a reasonable opportunity to comment and submit written views on the implementation and interpretation of such rules and regulations; (d) Conducting or otherwise providing for studies and research for the purpose of assuring improvements in personnel management, and recommending to the President actions to promote an efficient Civil Service and a systematic application of the merit system principles, including measures relating to the selection, promotion, transfer performance, pay, conditions of service, tenure, and separations of employees; and (e) Performing the training responsibilities now performed by the United States Civil Service Commission as set forth in 5 U.S.C. Chapter 41. •As amended July 11, 1978.

5 USC 4101 et seq.

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