This subpart sets forth policies and procedures for the establishment of qualification requirements; recruitment for, and appointment to, positions; and assignment, reassignment, detail, transfer, or promotion of employees. Without infringing on management's rights our suggestions to the Federal Register in this area is flexible and protective where it applies to National Security. We must have checks and balances in this area and we will be watchful of the hiring practices of non-citizen hiring.

Besides the fact that this subpart has nothing to do with National Security, we have fought the fight on keeping veterans preference, retention registers, and seniority rights. This subpart contains the regulations implementing the provisions concerning the Department's system for realignment, reorganizing, and reshaping its workforce. This applies to categories of positions and employees affected by such actions resulting from the planned elimination, addition, or redistribution of functions, duties, or skills within or among organizational units, including realignment, reshaping, delayering and similar organizational-based restructuring actions.

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