Part 720 - Affirmative Employment Programs

Part 720 up to date from eCFR as of Aug 18, 2025; last amended Jun 24, 2025.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7201; 42 U.S.C. 2000e, unless otherwise noted.

Source: 44 FR 22031, Apr. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

Table of Contents

• Subpart A - Principal Statutory Requirements

  • § 720.101 Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program.

• Subpart B - Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program

  • § 720.201 Regulatory requirements.
  • § 720.202 Definitions.
  • § 720.203 Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management.
  • § 720.204 Agency programs.
  • § 720.205 Agency plans.
  • § 720.206 Selection guidelines.
  • § 720.207 Reports.

• Subpart C - Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program

  • § 720.301 Purpose and authority.
  • § 720.302 Definition.
  • § 720.303 Agency programs.
  • § 720.304 Agency plan.
  • § 720.305 Agency accomplishment reports.
  • § 720.306 Responsibilities of The Office of Personnel Management.
  • § 720.307 Interagency report clearance.

• Subparts D-I - Subparts D-I [Reserved]

• Subpart J - Equal Opportunity Without Regard to Politics or Marital Status

  • § 720.901 Equal opportunity without regard to politics or marital status.
• Appendix to Part 720 Guidelines for the Development of a Federal Recruitment Program To Implement 5 U.S.C. Section 7201, as Amended