Any position can go unadvertised. The commission is objecting to broad use of that unadvertised way and is insisting that there be a policy and a rigorous set of requirements.
Let's say there is an area of shortage, for example, and you have tried to look very hard. You're looking for a particular analyst in a specialty area--it could be biology or it could be medicine--you've tried to find someone, and you can't. Let's say you have somebody who worked for you as a casual and you think they're a good person who can do the job. That would probably be justified. If you have--