What’s different in the procedures for appointment or promotion?

There are no major differences. The materials required for review and the steps of the review process have not changed (revised APP, Sections 3.12 & 3.13). The procedures are described more precisely and some details have been added: for example, the revised APP includes a more detailed description of the formation and operation of Department Personnel Action Committees (DPACs), which are vaguely described in the current APP.