OPM Issues Final Rule to Simplify Schedule A Hiring Authority for Persons With Disabilities
February 21, 2013
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued final regulations for the “Schedule A Hiring Authority” to simplify the hiring process of people with intellectual, significant and psychiatric disabilities by not requiring candidates who have work, educational or other relevant experience to procure “certificates of readiness” as a condition of appointment.