[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR310.102]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 310_EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 310.102  Exceptions to the legal restrictions on the
employment of relatives.

    Subsection (d) of 5 U.S.C. 3110 authorizes the Office of Personnel 
Management to prescribe regulations authorizing the temporary employment 
of relatives, in certain conditions, notwithstanding the restrictions. 
This regulation sets forth exceptions to the restrictions. When 
necessary to meet urgent needs resulting from an emergency posing an 
immediate threat to life or property, or a national emergency as defined 
in Sec. 230.402(a)(1) of this title, a public official may employ 
relatives to meet those needs without regard to the restrictions on the 
employment of relatives in 5 U.S.C. 3110. Such appointments are 
temporary and may not exceed 30 days, but the agency may extend such an 
appointment for one additional 30-day period if the emergency need still 
exists at the time of the extension.