[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR720]
 
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 TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 720--AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program
 
 Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7201; 42 U.S.C. 2000e; 38 U.S.C. 101(2), 
2011(3), 2014; 5 U.S.C. 3112; 29 U.S.C. 791(b).
 
 Source: 48 FR 193, Jan. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
 
Sec. 720.301 Purpose and authority.
 
 This subpart sets forth requirements for agency disabled veteran 
affirmative action programs (DVAAPs) designed to promote Federal 
employment and advancement opportunities for qualified disabled 
veterans. The regulations in this subpart are prescribed pursuant to 
responsibilities assigned to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 
under section 403 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance 
Act of 1974, as amended (38 U.S.C. 2014), and section 307 of the Civil 
Service Reform Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 3112).
 
Sec. 720.302 Definition.
 
 As used in this subpart, the terms veteran and disabled veteran have 
the meanings given to these terms in title 38 of the United States Code.
 
Sec. 720.303 Agency programs.
 
 (a) Continuing Programs. Each Department, agency, and 
instrumentality in the executive branch, including the U.S. Postal 
Service and the Postal Rate Commission, shall conduct a continuing 
affirmative program for the recruitment, hiring, placement, and 
advancement of disabled veterans.
 (b) Program Responsibility. The head of each agency shall assign 
overall program responsibility to an appropriate agency official. The 
official so designated shall be at a high enough level to ensure 
effective program administration and the devotion of adequate resources 
to the program.
 (c) Problem Analysis.
 (1) Annually, OPM will provide appropriate data on the employment of 
disabled veterans to each agency participating in the Central Personnel 
Data File (CPDF). These data will be taken from CPDF. For DVAAP 
purposes, CPDF data are considered to be the official record of the 
status of disabled veteran employment within each participating agency. 
Each participating agency is responsible for assuring that such records 
are timely, accurate, and complete.
 (2) CPDF data must be analyzed by participating agencies to identify 
problem areas and deficiencies in the employment and advancement of 
disabled veterans. (OPM will establish with each agency not 
participating in CPDF, the nature and extent of data to be used in 
identifying problems and deficiencies.) Based on this analysis, agencies 
shall develop methods to improve the recruitment, hiring, placement, and 
advancement of disabled veterans, or revise or redirect existing 
methods, as necessary. These methods must then be translated into action 
items.
 
Sec. 720.304 Agency plan.
 
 (a) Plan Development. As part of the affirmative action plan it 
prepares pursuant to section 501(b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 791 (b)) (``Section 501(b) Plan''), each Department, agency, 
or instrumentality in the executive branch must have an up-to-date 
affirmative action plan for the employment and advancement of disabled 
veterans.
 (1) Each agency must review its plan on an annual basis, together 
with its accomplishments for the previous fiscal year, updated 
employment data, and any changes in agency mission or structure, and 
update the plan as necessary. Agency operating components and field 
installations required to develop separate plans under paragraph (b) of 
this section, below, must perform the same type of annual review and 
update of their plans.
 (2) Plans shall cover a time period of not less than one year and 
may cover a longer period if concurrent with the agency's Section 501(b) 
Plan. Each plan must specify the period of time it covers.
 
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 (3) Initial plans for fiscal year 1983 required under this subpart 
must be developed by January 30, 1983 and must be in effect on that day.
 (b) Plan Coverage.
 (1) Each agency must have an agencywide plan covering all of its 
operating components and field installations. Agencywide plans shall 
include instructions assigning specific responsibilities on affirmative 
actions to be taken by the agency's various operating components and 
field installations to promote the employment and advancement of 
disabled veterans. OPM must be informed when headquarters offices 
require plans at the field or installation level.
 (2) Agency operating components and field installations must have a 
copy of the plan covering them, and must implement their 
responsibilities under it. OPM may require operating components and 
field installations to develop separate plans in accordance with program 
guidance and/or instructions.
 (c) Plan Submission. Affirmative action plans developed under this 
section shall be submitted to OPM upon request. The Office of Personnel 
Management will review a selection of agency plans each fiscal year.
 (d) Plan Certification. Each agency must certify to OPM by December 
1 of each year that it has an up-to-date plan as required by this 
section. This certification must indicate the date the agency's most 
recent plan was effective or was last amended.
 (e) Plan Content. Disabled veteran affirmative action plans shall, 
at a minimum, contain:
 (1) A statement of the agency's policy with regard to the employment 
and advancement of disabled veterans, especially those who are 30 
percent or more disabled.
 (2) The name and title of the official assigned overall 
responsibility for development and implementation of the action plan.
 (3) An assessment of the current status of disabled veteran 
employment within the agency, with emphasis on those veterans who are 30 
percent or more disabled.
 (4) A description of recruiting methods which will be used to seek 
out disabled veteran applicants, including special steps to be taken to 
recruit veterans who are 30 percent or more disabled.
 (5) A description of how the agency will provide or improve internal 
advancement opportunities for disabled veterans.
 (6) A description of how the agency will inform its operating 
components and field installations, on a regular basis, of their 
responsibilities for employing and advancing disabled veterans.
 (7) A description of how the agency will monitor, review, and 
evaluate its planned efforts, including implementation at operating 
component and field installation levels during the period covered by the 
plan.
 
Sec. 720.305 Agency accomplishment reports.
 
 (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, agencies must submit an 
annual accomplishment report on their disabled veterans affirmative 
action program to the Office of Personnel Management, covering the 
previous fiscal year.
 (b) Agency annual accomplishment reports must describe:
 (1) Methods used to recruit and employ disabled veterans, especially 
those who are 30 percent or more disabled.
 (2) Methods used to provide or improve internal advancement 
opportunities for disabled veterans.
 (3) A description of how the activities of major operating 
components and field installations were monitored, reviewed, and 
evaluated.
 (4) An explanation of the agency's progress in implementing its 
affirmative action plan during the fiscal year. Where progress has not 
been shown, the report will cite reasons for the lack of progress, along 
with specific plans for overcoming cited obstacles to progress.
 
Sec. 720.306 Responsibilities of The Office of Personnel Management
 
 (a) Program Review. OPM will monitor agency program implementation 
through review of agency plans, direct agency contact, review of 
employment data, and through other appropriate means. As it deems 
appropriate, OPM
 
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will conduct onsite evaluations of program effectiveness, both at agency 
headquarters and at field installations or operating components.
 (b) Technical Assistance. The Office of Personnel Management will 
provide technical assistance, guidance, instructions, data, and other 
information as appropriate to supplement and support agency programs for 
disabled veterans, through the Federal Personnel Manual (FPM).
 (c) Semiannual Reports. As provided by 38 U.S.C. 2014(d), OPM will, 
on at least a semiannual basis, publish reports on Government-wide 
progress in implementing affirmative action programs for disabled 
veterans.
 (d) Report to Congress. As required by 38 U.S.C. 2014(e), OPM will 
report to Congress each year on the implementation and progress of the 
program. These reports will include specific assessments of agency 
progress or lack of progress in meeting the objectives of the program.
 
Sec. 720.307 Interagency report clearance.
 
 The reports contained in this regulation have been cleared in 
accordance with FPMR 101-11.11 and assigned interagency report control 
number 0305-OPM-AN.