scope:

This plan applies to all title 5 positions in Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (CNO (N1)) headquarters, the naval institutions, and all other activities serviced by the manpower, personnel, training and education (MPTE) human resources office (HRO). This plan does not apply to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Millington, or Naval Education and Training Command. However, the respective plans can be obtained through the local command HRO.

Purpose. To establish procedures for filling positions using merit promotion and other types of placement actions for which competitive and noncompetitive processes are used per references (a) through (g).