5 C.F.R. § 9901.712 Mandatory removal offenses.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
(a) The Secretary has the sole, exclusive, and unreviewable discretion to identify offenses that have a direct and substantial adverse impact on the Department's national security mission. Such offenses will be identified in advance in implementing issuances, publicized upon establishment via notice in the (b) The procedures in §§9901.713 through 9901.716 apply to actions taken under this section. However, a proposed notice required by §9901.714 may be issued to the employee in question only after the Secretary's review and approval. (c) The Secretary has the sole, exclusive, and unreviewable discretion to mitigate the removal penalty on his or her own initiative or at the request of the employee in question. (d) Nothing in this section limits the discretion of the Secretary to remove employees for offenses other than those identified by the Secretary as an MRO.
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 9901—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS SYSTEMS
Subpart G—Adverse Actions
Requirements for Removal, Suspension, Furlough of 30 Days or Less, Reduction in Pay, or Reduction in Band (or Comparable Reduction)
§ 9901.712 Mandatory removal offenses.
