Servicing Personnel/Human Resource Professionals - Human resource professionals will be held accountable for implementing the Department's Plan; for advising managers and selecting officials to ensure that the selection programs produce a high quality workforce to accomplish the mission and goals of the Department; and providing periodic education and training to management and employees on the Department's merit promotion practices and selection procedures.

Equal Opportunity Program Professionals - Are generally responsible for assisting in the identification of recruitment sources for underrepresented groups, maintaining Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program (FEORP) files, and advising and assisting management, as appropriate, in identifying barriers to representation.

Management - Management will be held accountable for ensuring that their role in the selection process as well as selection decisions are consistent with the Department's Plan, Merit Principles and other applicable laws. Management has the right to select or not to select from among properly ranked and certified candidates and to select from other appropriate sources, such as reassignment, reinstatement, VRA, student career experience etc. Management also has the right to promote or not to promote an employee based on merit factors.

Employees - Employees are responsible for submitting the required application materials for placement opportunities in a timely manner; becoming familiar with the Department's Plan and specific Bureau policies; and availing themselves of self development and job training opportunities.

Bureau and Office Directors - Bureau and office directors are responsible for implementing the Department's Plan and for issuing any individual Bureau guidance that ensures selections based on merit after fair and open competition.