[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: 5CFR316.301]

[Page 174]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 316_TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C_Term Employment
 
Sec. 316.301  Purpose and duration.

    Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to subpart C of part 316 appear 
at 70 FR 72067, Dec. 1, 2005.


    (a) An agency may make a term appointment for a period of more than 
1 year but not more than 4 years to positions where the need for an 
employee's services is not permanent. Reasons for making a term 
appointment include, but are not limited to: project work, extraordinary 
workload, scheduled abolishment, reorganization, contracting out of the 
function, uncertainty of future funding, or the need to maintain 
permanent positions for placement of employees who would otherwise be 
displaced from other parts of the organization. Agencies may extend 
appointments made for more than 1 year but less than 4 years up to the 
4-year limit in increments determined by the agency. The vacancy 
announcement should state that the agency has the option of extending a 
term appointment up to the 4-year limit.
    (b) OPM may authorize exceptions beyond the 4-year limit when the 
extension is clearly justified and is consistent with applicable 
statutory provisions. Requests to make and/or extend appointments beyond 
the 4-year limit must be initiated by the employing office and sent to 
the appropriate OPM service center.

[63 FR 63783, Nov. 17, 1998]