---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 337.303"
title: "5"
number: "337.303"
heading: "Agency responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/337.303"
---

# §337.303. Agency responsibilities.


To use a category rating procedure, agencies must:

- (a) Establish a system for evaluating applicants that provides for two or more quality categories;
- (b) Define each quality category through job analysis conducted in accordance with [part 300](/cfr/5/part300.md) of this chapter. Each category must have a clear definition that distinguishes it from other categories;
- (c) Describe each quality category in the job announcement and apply the provisions of [part 330](/cfr/5/part330.md), subparts [B](/cfr/5/subpartB.md), [F](/cfr/5/subpartF.md), and G of this chapter;
- (d) Place applicants into categories based upon their job-related competencies or their knowledge, skills, and abilities; and
- (e) **Establish documentation and record keeping procedures for reconstruction purposes.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 33276, June 15, 2004, as amended at 91 FR 48236, July 31, 2026]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 33276, June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104(a), 1302, 2302, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3319, 5364; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; 33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968; and 45 FR 18365, Mar. 21, 1980; 116 Stat. 2135, 2290; 117 Stat. 1392, 1665; and E.O. 13833.

### Amendments

[69 FR 33276, June 15, 2004, as amended at 91 FR 48236, July 31, 2026]