4 CFR § 3.1 - Appointment, promotion, and assignment.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t4/s3.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "4 CFR § 3.1 - Appointment, promotion, and assignment."
title_number: 4
title_name: "Accounts"
section_number: "3.1"
section_name: "Appointment, promotion, and assignment."
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL SYSTEM"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "EMPLOYMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 732."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 68376, Oct. 15, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3"
---
# 3.1 Appointment, promotion, and assignment.
Employees of GAO shall be appointed, promoted and assigned solely on the basis of merit and fitness, but without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments and other personnel actions in the competitive service.