Title 5—Administrative Personnel (This book contains parts 1 to 699) NOTE: Title 5 of the United States Code was revised and enacted into positive law by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966. New citations for obsolete references to sections of 5 U.S.C. appearing in this volume may be found in a redesignation table under Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, United States Code. Part CHAPTER I—Office of Personnel Management ........................ 1 1 VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:42 Mar 03, 2011 Jkt 223008 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 8008 Sfmt 8008 Y:\SGML\223008.XXX 223008 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:42 Mar 03, 2011 Jkt 223008 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 8008 Sfmt 8008 Y:\SGML\223008.XXX 223008 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SUBCHAPTER A—CIVIL SERVICE RULES Part Page 1 Coverage and definitions (Rule I) ............................ 7 2 Appointment through the competitive system (Rule II) ................................................................ 8 3 Noncompetitive acquisition of status (Rule III) ..... 9 4 Prohibited practices (Rule IV) ................................ 10 5 Regulations, investigation, and enforcement (Rule V) ......................................................................... 11 6 Exceptions from the competitive service (Rule VI) 12 7 General provisions (Rule VII) .................................. 14 8 Appointments to overseas positions (Rule VIII) ..... 15 9 Workforce information (Rule IX) ............................ 15 10 Agency accountability systems; OPM authority to review personnel management programs (Rule X) 16 SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS 110 Posting notices of new OPM regulations ................ 17 151 Political activity of State or local officers or em- ployees ................................................................. 17 175 OPM mandatory review of classified documents ..... 19 177 Administrative claims under Federal Tort Claims Act ....................................................................... 19 178 Procedures for settling claims ................................ 23 179 Claims collection standards .................................... 27 180 Employees’ personal property claims ..................... 40 185 Program fraud civil remedies .................................. 47 210 Basic concepts and definitions (general) ................. 63 211 Veteran preference.................................................. 64 212 Competitive service and competitive status ........... 65 213 Excepted service...................................................... 66 214 Senior Executive Service ........................................ 80 230 Organization of the Government for personnel management ......................................................... 81 250 Personnel management in agencies ........................ 83 3 VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:42 Mar 03, 2011 Jkt 223008 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 8008 Sfmt 8008 Y:\SGML\223008.XXX 223008 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR 5 CFR Ch. I (1–1–11 Edition) Part Page 251 Agency relationships with organizations rep- resenting Federal employees and other organiza- tions ..................................................................... 89 293 Personnel records.................................................... 91 294 Availability of official information ........................ 105 295 Testimony by OPM employees relating to official information and production of official records in legal proceedings .................................................. 114 297 Privacy procedures for personnel records ............... 119 300 Employment (general)............................................. 131 301 Overseas employment............................................. 143 302 Employment in the excepted service ...................... 145 304 Expert and consultant appointments ...................... 152 305 [Reserved] 307 Veterans recruitment appointments ....................... 156 308 Volunteer service.................................................... 157 310 Employment of relatives ......................................... 158 315 Career and career-conditional employment ............ 158 316 Temporary and term employment .......................... 183 317 Employment in the Senior Executive Service ........ 188 319 Employment in senior-level and scientific and pro- fessional positions ................................................ 202 330 Recruitment, selection, and placement (general) ... 205 332 Recruitment and selection through competitive examination ......................................................... 246 333 [Reserved] 334 Temporary assignments under the Intergovern- mental Personnel Act (IPA) ................................. 250 335 Promotion and internal placement ......................... 252 337 Examining system................................................... 256 338 Qualification requirements (general) ...................... 259 339 Medical qualification determinations ..................... 260 340 Other than full-time career employment (Part- time, seasonal, on-call, and intermittent) ........... 265 351 Reduction in force ................................................... 269 352 Reemployment rights.............................................. 290 353 Restoration to duty from uniformed service or compensable injury .............................................. 307 359 Removal from the Senior Executive Service; guar- anteed placement in other personnel systems ..... 316 362 Presidential Management Fellows Program ........... 325 370 Information Technology Exchange Program .......... 331 410 Training .................................................................. 335 412 Supervisory, management, and executive develop- ment ..................................................................... 344 430 Performance management...................................... 348 432 Performance based reduction in grade and removal actions .................................................................. 364 4 VerDate Mar<15>2010 08:00 Mar 08, 2011 Jkt 223008 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 8008 Sfmt 8008 Y:\SGML\223008.XXX 223008 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR Office of Personnel Management Part Page 451 Awards .................................................................... 369 470 Personnel management research programs and demonstrations projects ....................................... 374 511 Classification under the General Schedule ............. 378 530 Pay rates and systems (general) ............................. 384 531 Pay under the General Schedule ............................. 395 532 Prevailing rate systems .......................................... 429 534 Pay under other systems ......................................... 530 535 Critical position pay authority ............................... 545 536 Grade and pay retention ......................................... 548 537 Repayment of student loans .................................... 564 550 Pay administration (general) .................................. 569 551 Pay administration under the Fair Labor Stand- ards Act ................................................................ 645 553 Reemployment of civilian retirees to meet excep- tional employment needs ..................................... 679 572 Travel and transportation expenses; new ap- pointees and interviews ........................................ 681 575 Recruitment, relocation,and retention incentives; supervisory differentials; and extended assign- ment incentives .................................................... 682 576 Voluntary separation incentive payments .............. 716 581 Processing garnishment orders for child support and/or alimony ..................................................... 719 582 Commercial garnishment of Federal employees’ pay ....................................................................... 777 591 Allowances and differentials ................................... 784 595 Physicians’ comparability allowances .................... 805 610 Hours of duty .......................................................... 808 630 Absence and leave ................................................... 613 5 VerDate Mar<15>2010 08:00 Mar 08, 2011 Jkt 223008 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 8008 Sfmt 8008 Y:\SGML\223008.XXX 223008 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:42 Mar 03, 2011 Jkt 223008 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 8008 Sfmt 8008 Y:\SGML\223008.XXX 223008 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR SUBCHAPTER A—CIVIL SERVICE RULES PART 1—COVERAGE AND (c) Competitive status shall mean basic DEFINITIONS (RULE I) eligibility to be noncompetitively se- lected to fill a vacancy in a competi- tive position. A competitive status Sec. shall be acquired by career-conditional 1.1 Positions and employees affected by the rules in this subchapter. or career appointment through open 1.2 Extent of the competitive service. competitive examination upon satis- 1.3 Definitions. factory completion of a probationary 1.4 Extent of the excepted service. period, or may be granted by statute, executive order, or the Civil Service AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302. Rules without competitive examina- SOURCE: 28 FR 10022, Sept. 14, 1963, unless tion. A person with competitive status otherwise noted. may be promoted, transferred, reas- signed, reinstated, or demoted without § 1.1 Positions and employees affected taking an open competitive examina- by the rules in this subchapter. tion, subject to the conditions pre- The rules in this subchapter shall scribed