When filling positions covered under the Luevano consent decree, are agencies required to use the Administrative Careers with America (ACWA) approved assessments?
Yes. Agencies must use the appropriate ACWA assessment or rating schedule when filling positions covered under the Luevano consent decree through the Career Intern Program. However, public notice is not required when filling these positions. Q: If the Career Intern Program is an excepted service program, why must we use Luevano approved rating schedules and assessments? Doesn’t the use of these instruments defeat the purpose of an excepted appointing authority? A: The Luevano consent decree specifies that the alternate examining procedures be used when filling any position covered by the decree. The language of the consent decree does not make a distinction between the competitive or excepted services when filling these covered positions. For this reason, the Luevano approved rating schedules and assessments must be used. Also, on the advice of the Department of Justice, OPM considers all covered occupations, even positions that are removed from the competitive service, as still covere
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