[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR8.2]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 8_APPOINTMENTS TO OVERSEAS POSITIONS (RULE VIII)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.2  Appointment of United States citizens.

    United States citizens may be recruited overseas for appointment to 
overseas positions in the competitive service without regard to the 
competitive requirements of the Civil Service Act. Persons so recruited 
who meet the qualification standards and other requirements of OPM for 
overseas positions may be given appointments to be known as ``overseas 
limited appointments.'' Such appointments shall be of temporary or 
indefinite duration, and shall not confer the right to acquire a 
competitive status. OPM may authorize overseas limited appointments for 
United States citizens recruited within the continental limits of the 
United States whenever it determines that it is not feasible to appoint 
from a civil-service register. Persons serving under appointments made 
pursuant to this section are hereby excluded from the operation of the 
Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, unless 
eligible for retirement benefits by continuity of service or otherwise.