Section 6-B828. MERIT STAFFING AND PROMOTION POLICY

 

828.1The District government policy is to fill each vacancy with the best qualified person available, considering its immediate and long-range needs. The personnel manual developed by each personnel authority to implement the policy shall provide a systematic means of internal placements, including selection for promotion according to merit.

 

828.2Vacancies above the normal entrance levels generally may be filled by reassignment or promotion of the best qualified employees, consistent with the best interests and needs of the agency. This policy, however, shall not restrict management’s right to fill a position with a highly qualified person by some other means, such as appointment from a register, by reinstatement, by transfer, from a reemployment priority list, or by conversion of an individual employed under § 821.