5 CFR § 572.101 - Agency authority.

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title: "5 CFR § 572.101 - Agency authority."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "572.101"
section_name: "Agency authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "572"
part_name: "TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES; NEW APPOINTEES AND INTERVIEWS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5706b and 5723."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 6204, Feb. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 572.101 Agency authority.

(a) An agency may determine which positions qualify for the payment of a new appointee's travel expenses to the first post of duty. Payment of travel and transportation expenses will be in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) (41 CFR chapters 301-304).

(b) An agency may determine which interviewees are eligible for payment of pre-employment interview travel expenses. Payment of these travel expenses will be in accordance with the FTR.

[56 FR 28307, June 20, 1991]