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OPM Employee’s Guide to Career Transition
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(3) Agency Reemployment Priority Lists (RPL)
Each agency must also maintain a Reemployment Priority List (RPL) for each local
commuting area where it
separates employees by reduction in force. Employees can register
for the RPL to tell their former agency that they want to return if the agency has vacancies.
Employees can register for their agency's RPL as soon as they receive a reduction in force
(RIF) separation notice. Before the agency can select a candidate outside its workforce, it
must first check the RPL for that location. With a few exceptions, the agency must select a
qualified employee from the RPL before hiring anyone from outside the agency.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)
OPM also changed the way displaced Federal workers receive priority for jobs in other agencies
(besides the one they worked in before involuntary separation). In 1996, OPM suspended the
Interagency Placement Program (IPP) and replaced it with the Interagency Career Transition
Assistance Plan (ICTAP). The IPP was a centralized list of displaced employees referred by
OPM to hiring agencies. ICTAP is very different from
the IPP and has placed more employees.
ICTAP is not a list--instead, employees must apply for positions in the local commuting area and
include proof that they were displaced. ICTAP gives an eligible, well-qualified employee
selection priority over almost any other applicant from outside the agency. Under ICTAP, for
example, a DOD employee with a RIF separation notice could apply for a competitive service
vacancy in the local commuting area at the Department of Education. In most cases, Education
must select this well-qualified person for the position before choosing another applicant from
outside the agency.
* Note to DoD Employees: The Department of Defense (DoD) does not provide agency
selection priority through CTAP. Instead, DoD uses the Priority Placement Program (PPP)
to
help place its surplus employees. DoD also provides career transition services to its employees
to the extent possible. Displaced DoD workers can also register for their local RPL, and request
selection priority for jobs in non-DoD agencies using the ICTAP.
(2). Where Can I Go for More Information?
The rest of this Guide explains CTAP, ICTAP and RPL and how they work. Your human
resources office should have information on your agency's specific services and programs,
including agency career transition
services, CTAP selection priority, and RPL. Agency human
resources representatives should also be able to answer your questions about ICTAP selection
priority.
OPM's website at www.opm.gov
provides access to information on various human resources