{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-300.403","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 300.403","heading":"When commercial recruiting firms and nonprofit employment services may be used.","body":"An agency may use a commercial recruiting firm and/or a nonprofit employment service in recruiting for vacancies when:\n(a) The agency head or designee determines that such use is likely to provide well-qualified candidates who would otherwise not be available or that well-qualified candidates are in short supply;\n(b) The agency has provided vacancy notices to appropriate State Employment Service and OPM offices; and\n(c) The agency continues its own recruiting efforts.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 300—EMPLOYMENT (GENERAL)","Subpart D—Use of Commercial Recruiting Firms and Nonprofit Employment Services"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"94ad69acb29f7a78886b34805cd765504dce6b3031d380c8319cba84f90818b1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-300.402","next":"us/5-cfr-300.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}