[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: 5CFR317.903]

[Page 193]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 317_EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE--
Table of Contents
 
             Subpart I_Reassignments, Transfers, and Details
 
Sec. 317.903  Details.

    (a) Definition. In this section, detail means the temporary 
assignment of an SES member to another position (within or outside of 
the SES) or the temporary assignment of a non-SES member to an SES 
position, with the expectation that the employee will return to the 
official position of record upon expiration of the detail. For purposes 
of pay and benefits, the employee continues to encumber the position 
from which detailed. The provisions of this section cover details within 
or outside of the employing agency.
    (b) Time limits. (1) Details within an executive agency or military 
department must be made in no more than 120-day increments.
    (2) An agency may not detail an SES employee to unclassified duties 
for more than 240 days.
    (3) An agency must use competitive procedures when detailing a non-
SES employee to an SES position for more than 240 days unless the 
employee is eligible for a noncompetitive career SES appointment.
    (4) An agency must obtain OPM approval for a detail of more than 240 
days if the detail is of:
    (i) A non-SES employee to an SES position that supervises other SES 
positions; or
    (ii) An SES employee to a position at the GS-15 or equivalent level 
or below.
    (c) SES career reserved positions. Only a career SES appointee or a 
career-type non-SES appointee may be detailed to a career reserved 
position.
    (d) SES general positions. Any SES appointee or non-SES appointee 
may be detailed to a general position.

[54 FR 9760, Mar. 8, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 6387, Feb. 2, 1995]