18 CFR § 701.79 - Selection policy for professional personnel.

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title: "18 CFR § 701.79 - Selection policy for professional personnel."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "701.79"
section_name: "Selection policy for professional personnel."
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL"
part_number: "701"
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authority: "Sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80; 79 Stat. 244, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962-1962d-5), unless otherwise noted."
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# 701.79 Selection policy for professional personnel.

In the selection for employment of the professional staff as a whole, the Director shall be guided by the following criteria:

(a) Outstanding character and competence—both personal and professional.

(b) Spread and balance of training and experience in the several relevant professions—ecology; economics; economic geography; engineering; fish and wildlife biology; forestry; hydrology; irrigation; landscape architecture; law; political science; recreation; sanitary engineering; soil conservation; urban and other land planning; etc.

(c) Diversity of prior identification and experience, both planning and operating in Washington and in the field; including personnel with prior identification and experience with Federal, State, or local government, private enterprise, or university teaching and research.