COMDTINST 12713.20
b. The four critical areas in the employee selection process are:
(1) Civil Rights Officers providing selecting officials with specific information on
underrepresentation by series, grade and occupational category, based on the local or
national civilian labor force data;
(2) Servicing civilian personnel officials providing selecting officials with "certificates of
eligibles" which include minorities and women in accordance with the guidance in
reference (b);
(3) Selecting officials assuring that all applicable personnel policies and procedures are
followed in the recruitment and selection process, and that all selection decisions are
legally sound (e.g., that the selecting official can articulate and produce evidence of
legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for his/her selection decision(s)); and