---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 330.405"
title: "5"
number: "330.405"
heading: "Agency placement assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/330.405"
---

# §330.405. Agency placement assistance.


An agency that separates a preference eligible from a restricted position by reduction in force under [part 351](/cfr/5/part351.md) of this chapter because of a contracting out situation covered in [§ 330.404](/cfr/5/330.404.md) must, consistent with [§ 330.603](/cfr/5/330.603.md), advise the employee of the opportunity to participate in available career transition programs. The agency is also responsible for:

- (a) Applying OMB's policy directives on the preference eligible's right of first refusal for positions that are contracted out to the private sector; and
- (b) Cooperating with State units as designated or created under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to retrain displaced preference eligibles for other continuing positions.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 1302, 3301, 3302, 3304, and 3330; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-58 Comp., p. 218; Section 330.103 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3327; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3315 and 8151; Section 330.401 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3310; Subparts F and G also issued under Presidential Memorandum on Career Transition Assistance for Federal Employees, September 12, 1995; Subpart G also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) and 8456(b). § 330.1301 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1). Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49216, Aug. 3, 2026.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, unless otherwise noted.