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[CITE: 5USC3327]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart B--Employment and Retention
 
            CHAPTER 33--EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND APPOINTMENT
 
Sec. 3327. Civil service employment information

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall provide that 
information concerning opportunities to participate in competitive 
examinations conducted by, or under authority delegated by, the Office 
of Personnel Management shall be made available to the employment 
offices of the United States Employment Service.
    (b) Subject to such regulations as the Office may issue, each agency 
shall promptly notify the Office and the employment offices of the 
United States Employment Service of--
        (1) each vacant position in the agency which is in the 
    competitive service or the Senior Executive Service and for which 
    the agency seeks applications from persons outside the Federal 
    service, and
        (2) the period during which applications will be accepted.

As used in this subsection, ``agency'' means an agency as defined in 
section 5102(a)(1) of this title other than an agency all the positions 
in which are excepted by statute from the competitive service.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title III, Sec. 309(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1151.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3327, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 424, 
which prescribed standards for determination of qualifications of 
postmasters, including experience in postal field service, seniority, 
length of service, level of difficulty and responsibility of work, 
attendance, awards and commendations, and performance rating, was 
repealed by Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(c)(7)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 
776. See section 1001 of Title 39, Postal Service.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of 
Pub. L. 95-454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note 
under section 1101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3304, 3330 of this title.
