General
Questions and answers
It
depends. OPM will not conduct a
pre-hiring review if an agency wants to non-competitively select a current or
former political appointee for reinstatement to a Federal job at the same or
lower grade than previously held.
However, OPM will review the proposed selection of a current or former
political appointee who is competing for a career Federal job at a higher grade
or with greater promotion potential than the career job previously held.