REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF NONCOMPETITIVE ACTION
STANDARD FORM 59
Revised January 1979
Office of Personnel Management
296-33
IMPORTANT: See instructions on reverse and detailed instructions in Subchapters S4 and S5,
Appendix A, FPM 296-31
1. Type of Action
Transfer
Position Change
Reinstatement
Temporary or Term
Appointment based
on Reinstatement
Eligibility
Career Appointment
Career Conditional
Appointment
Conversion to Career
or Career-Conditional
Appointment
Appointment (Spec.
Tenure)
Excepted
Appointment
Detail
Other (Specify)
2. OPM Regulation or other authority under which
action is requested
3. Is employee now serving under a career or career
conditional appointment:
Yes
No
(Enter Name, Address, and ZIP Code of OPM Office)
Office of Personnel Management
ATTENTION:
4. Name (Last, First, M.I.)
5. Total length of service in present grade:
6. Home Address -- Complete if employee is to take written test. (Number, Street, City, State, and Zip Code)
No
Yes
7. Veteran Preference
8. Birth Date (Month, Day, Year)
9.
A. Position Title
Pay Plan
Occupational Code
Grade and Salary
FROM
TO
B. Bureau of Office
C. Duty Station
No
Yes
10. Have requirements other than those for which prior approval is requested been met? (Fill out in ALL cases)
(If "No," explain in Item 11, below)
11. Enter (or attach) any supporting statements required by instructions on this form or in FPM Supplement 296-31, Appendix A.
Attach description of duties of proposed position (except where title is descriptive of the duties, such as typist, stenographer, etc.)
A. Prior approval of nominee's experience and training.
12. Reason for Submission (To be checked by agency)
B. Prior approval of action involved:
(1) Waiver of Time-After-Competitive-Appointment restriction under OPM Regulation 330.501.
(2) Waiver of experience and training requirement.
(3) Written Test.
B. (Continued)
(4) A position for which no experience and training standards have been
issued.
(5) A person separated for cause.
(6) Extension of detail beyond 120 days.
(7) Other (Specify):
(Enter Name, Address, and ZIP Code of Requesting Office)
For information call (Name, Telephone No., including Area Code)
Authorized Signature
Title
Date Signed
(Month, Day, Year)
SEE OTHER SIDE FOR OPM ACTION ON THIS REQUEST
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