{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-302.603","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 302.603","heading":"Lists of qualified applicants.","body":"(a) OPM may recruit applicants, determine minimum qualifications, and provide lists of qualified applicants to agencies.\n(b) Agencies are responsible for conducting technical assessments and issuing excepted service certificates in accordance with this part.\n(c) Agencies must satisfy all applicable requirements pertaining to applicants eligible for priority consideration in accordance with §§ 302.103, 302.303, 302.304, and 302.401.\n(d) An agency may apply the three-consideration rule under § 332.405 of this subchapter to an excepted service certificate on which applicants were assigned numerical scores under § 302.302(b)(1) and must notify OPM when doing so. The three-consideration rules does not apply to an excepted service certificate on which applicants were placed in quality categories under § 302.302(b)(2). OPM will notify all participating agencies when an applicant has been removed from further consideration under the three-consideration rule. An agency may, but is not required to, consider any applicant who received three bona fide considerations from another agency in accordance with § 332.405 of this subchapter and identified as such by OPM. For purposes of this subpart, § 332.405 of this subchapter applies as if the position were being filled in the competitive service.\n(e) An agency which passes over a preference eligible must notify OPM when the pass-over is sustained. OPM will notify all participating agencies when a pass-over request has been sustained, and the veteran is removed from further consideration. An agency may, but is not required to, consider any applicant notified that he or she was being passed over by another agency in accordance with § 302.401(b), the Delegated Examining Operations Handbook, and identified as such by OPM.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 302—EMPLOYMENT IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE","Subpart F—OPM-Led Pooled Hiring Actions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-10-28/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-10-28","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-30T05:51:29Z","sha256":"f66deaf4b1603ba8ce0b26e7da5f53d6e44433c2f5206ff91b1d8212dac67373","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":false,"prev":"us/5-cfr-302.602","next":"us/5-cfr-302.604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}