D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6-C, § 207
Competitive and Non-competitive Actions
Effective Apr 29, 202269 DCR 004169Authority: Section 108a of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia Clarification and Elected Term Amendment Act of 2010, effective October 22, 2015 (D.C. Law 21-36; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.88a) and section 404 (a-1) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective October 8, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-160; D.C. Official Code § 1-604.04 (a-1)). Source: Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 004169 (April 29, 2022).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
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207.1 All initial appointments, placements, and subsequent assignments and promotions shall be made by open competition, unless otherwise authorized by this chapter.
207.2 Notwithstanding § 207.1, the following actions do not require open competition:
- (a) Promotions resulting from the upgrade of a position without a significant change in duties and responsibilities due to the application of a new classification standard or the correction of an initial classification error;
- (b) Promotions resulting from an employee's position being reclassified at a higher grade because of an increase in duties and responsibilities or a desk audit without planned management action;
- (c) Career ladder promotions when the original competition for the position clearly established the career ladder or when a career ladder is established due to a reclassification or desk audit;
- (d) Temporary promotions of 180 days or less;
- (e) Promotions of employees who were not properly considered during a competitive promotion action;
- (f) Promotions of employees who were erroneously denied a promotion, when ordered by OAG;
- (g) Position changes made pursuant to reduction-in-force regulations;
- (h) Position changes from a position with known promotion potential to a position at the same or equivalent grade with no known promotion potential, including transfers made pursuant to § 231.2;
- (i) Re-promotions to a grade or position from which employees were demoted, when the demotions were neither disciplinary in nature nor at the employees' request;
- (j) Reassignments or transfers to a position of the same or equivalent grade with no greater promotional potential, including a reassignment from a non-supervisory to a supervisory position or a non-manager to a manager position;
- (k) Restorations to duty pursuant to § 228.1 at a grade no higher than the last position held;
- (l) Conversions of a temporary or term appointment to a regular Career
Service appointment with permanent status, when the initial appointment was made through open competition within the Career Service;
(m) Temporary and term appointments made pursuant to § 209.4 and § 219.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 004169 (April 29, 2022).