---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 332.101"
title: "5"
number: "332.101"
heading: "General policy of competition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/332.101"
---

# §332.101. General policy of competition.

- (a) Examinations for entrance into the competitive service shall be open competitive, except that OPM may authorize noncompetitive examinations when sufficient competent persons do not compete.
- (b) An examination for promotion, demotion, reassignment, transfer, or reinstatement may be a noncompetitive examination.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 1302, 2108, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3312, 3317, 3318, 3319; sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 114-137, 130 Stat. 310; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12426, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.