5 U.S.C. § 5105 : US Code - Section 5105: Standards for classification of positions

Search 5 U.S.C. § 5105 : US Code - Section 5105: Standards for classification of positions

(a) The Office of Personnel Management, after consulting the
agencies, shall prepare standards for placing positions in their
proper classes and grades. The Office may make such inquiries or
investigations of the duties, responsibilities, and qualification
requirements of positions as it considers necessary for this
purpose. The agencies, on request of the Office, shall furnish
information for and cooperate in the preparation of the standards.
In the standards, which shall be published in such form as the
Office may determine, the Office shall - 
(1) define the various classes of positions in terms of duties,
responsibilities, and qualification requirements;
(2) establish the official class titles; and
(3) set forth the grades in which the classes have been placed
by the Office.
(b) The Office, after consulting the agencies to the extent
considered necessary, shall revise, supplement, or abolish existing
standards, or prepare new standards, so that, as nearly as may be
practicable, positions existing at any given time will be covered
by current published standards.
(c) The official class titles established under subsection (a)(2)
of this section shall be used for personnel, budget, and fiscal
purposes. However, this requirement does not prevent the use of
organizational or other titles for internal administration, public
convenience, law enforcement, or similar purposes.