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title: "4 CFR §3.1"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-4/section-3.1"

title_number: "4"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "PERSONNEL SYSTEM"

part_code: "3"

part_subject: "EMPLOYMENT"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "Purpose, General Definitions, and Jurisdiction"

section_number: "3.1"

section_subject: "Appointment, promotion, and assignment."

cfr_reference: "4 CFR 3.1"

title_name: "Title 4"

title_subject: "Accounts"

revised_date: "Revised as of January 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of January 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Employees of GAO shall be appointed, promoted and assigned solely on the basis of merit and fitness, but without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments and other personnel actions in the competitive service.

§3.1 - Appointment, promotion, and assignment.