Diversity Management and Equal Employment Opportunity
[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 A--Principal Statutory Requirements
Sec. 720.101 Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program.
This section incorporates the statutory requirements for
establishing and conducting an equal opportunity recruitment program
consistent with law within the Federal civil service. The policy in 5
U.S.C. 7201(b) reads as follows: ``It is the policy of the United States
to insure equal employment opportunities for employees without
discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin. The President shall use his existing authority to carry out this
policy.'' 5 U.S.C. 7201(c) requires under regulations prescribed by the
Office of Personnel Management:
``(1) That each Executive agency conduct a continuing program for
the recruitment of members of minorities for positions in the agency to
carry out the [anti-discrimination] policy set forth in subsection (b)
in a manner designed to eliminate under representation of minorities in
the various categories of civil service employment within the Federal
service, with special efforts directed at recruiting in minority
communities, in educational institutions, and from other sources from
which minorities can be recruited; and
``(2) That the Office conduct a continuing program of--
``(A) Assistance to agencies in carrying out programs under
paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
``(B) Evaluation and oversight of such recruitment programs to
determine their effectiveness in eliminating such minority
under representation.''
This section and all implementing guidance shall be interpreted
consistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq.
[44 FR 22031, Apr. 13, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 193, Jan. 4, 1983]
