Priority Considerations. Definition For the purpose of this article, a priority consideration is the bona fide consideration for noncompetitive selection given to an employee as the result of a previous failure to properly consider the employee for selection because of procedural, regulatory, or program violation. Employees will receive one priority consideration for each instance of improper consideration. Processing The procedures for processing a priority consideration shall be: Employees will be notified in writing by the authorized Department official of entitlement to each priority consideration. Such notice will advise employees that if a vacancy is announced and posted and the employee wishes to exercise their priority consideration, the employee should submit the necessary application to the Human Resources Management Services (HRMS) with a written request that they wish priority consideration for the vacancy. Priority consideration is to be exercised by the selecting official at the option of the employee for an appropriate vacancy. An appropriate vacancy is one that the employee is interested in, is eligible for, and which leads to the same grade level as the vacancy for which proper consideration was not given. Prior to the evaluation of other applicants, the name(s) of the employee(s) requesting to exercise priority consideration will be referred to the selecting official. The selecting official will make a determination on the request prior to evaluating other applicants. The fact that the employee chooses to exercise a priority consideration does not preclude that employee from also filing an application through the regular posting process. Local Union Notification In order to assure compliance with this section, the local union will be furnished statistics on priority considerations granted and exercised and the results. Statistics will be kept and provided to the local union on a quarterly basis. The local union will also be notified in writing of each individual priority consideration completed.
Priority Considerations. The first candidates screened for qualifications are those who are entitled to local priority consideration. AFM 36-203, Staffing Civilian Positions, Referral and Selection Priorities, establishes the order of priorities that are observed when filling vacancies.
Priority Considerations. 11.9.1 Priority consideration shall be provided to any Bargaining Unit employee who has filed a vacation request six (6) months prior to the desired vacation dates.
Priority Considerations. In many cases, permit issuance schedules do not coincide with development of wasteload allocations. This problem can be alleviated, for the most part, by close coordination and planning at the State level, however, there will certainly be cases where needed field studies or other information will not be completed when permits are due. In cases where empirical models are known to be applicable, the allocations should be completed prior to permit issuance. For those cases where calibrated models or biological surveys are required, but not readily available for allocation purposes and the permit is due for reissuance, several approaches can be used as interim solutions. The following are acceptable:
