Table of Statutes, Regulations, and Desk Guide Citations
| Topic | 5 U.S.C. | 5 CFR | Desk Guide Chapter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adverse Actions - Conduct (Career/Certain Limited SES) | Chapter 75, Subpart V | 752-F | 8 |
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Adverse Actions - Conduct (Probationary Career) |
8 |
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| Adverse Actions - Appeals (Mitigation of Penalty) | 772.102 | 8 | |
| Aggregate Limitation on Pay | 5 | ||
| Allocations - SES Spaces | 3133 | - | 1 |
|
Allocations - Biennial & Out of Cycle Requests |
- |
1 |
|
| Allocations - Noncareer Appointments | 3134(a)-(d) | 317.601 | 3 |
|
Allocations - Limited Appointments |
317.601 | 1 | |
| Appointment Conditions - Citizenship | - | 213.3102(bb) | 2 |
| Appointment Conditions - Employment of Relatives | 3110 | 310 | 2 |
|
Appointment Conditions - Selective Service Registration |
- |
2 |
|
| Appointments - Career | 3393 | 317-E | 2 |
| Appointments - Noncareer | 3394 | 317-F | 2, 3 |
| Appointments - Limited Term | 3394 | 317-F | 2, 3 |
| Appointments - Limited Emergency | 3394 | 317-F | 2, 3 |
|
Appointments - Provisional |
- |
3 |
|
| Awards | Chapter 45 | 451-A | 6 |
| Candidate Development Programs (CDP) | 3396(a) | 412-C |
2, 7 |
| CDP - Schedule B Authority | 213.3202(j), 412.302(d)(1) |
2, 7 |
|
| Career Reserved SES positions | 3132(a)(8), 3132(b) | 214-D | 1 |
|
Career Transition Regulations - Effect on SES |
9 |
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|
Certification - SES Performance Appraisal System |
5 |
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|
Civil Service - Definition |
2 |
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|
Commercial Recruiting Firms & Nonprofit Employment Services |
2 |
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| Compensatory Time Off | 5541(2)(xvi) | 550.101(b)(18) | 11 |
| Compensatory Time Off - Exclusion of SES Overtime | 5543 | 550.114 | 11 |
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Compensatory Time Off - Travel |
11 |
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Details |
3 |
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|
Dual Compensation Waivers |
5 |
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Dual Incumbency |
2 |
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Equivalent tenure |
10 |
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Exclusions from the SES |
Intro |
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Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) |
2 |
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Executive Development |
7 |
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Executive Resources Board (ERB) |
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Executive & Schedule C System (ESCS) |
1, 2 |
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|
Experts & Consultants |
2, 12 |
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|
Five Years Continuous Service |
2 |
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|
Furlough |
9 |
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General SES positions |
1 |
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Guaranteed Placement |
8, 10 |
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|
Inspector General Organizations |
9, 11 |
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|
Interchange Agreements |
12 |
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|
IPA Assignments |
3, 7 |
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| Leave - Annual | 6304(f) | 630.301 | 11 |
| Leave - Annual (Lump-Sum Payment for Unused Leave) | 5551 | 550-L | 11 |
|
Leave - Annual (Restoration of Annual Leave) |
11 |
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Leave - Military |
11 |
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|
Merit Staffing Requirements |
2 |
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Merit System Principles |
Intro |
||
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Mobility |
2 |
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|
Moratorium - Effect on Details |
3 |
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Moratorium - Performance Appraisal |
4 |
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Moratorium - QRB Processing |
2 |
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Moratorium - Reassignments Exceptions |
317.901(c)(2), & (3) |
3 |
|
| Moratorium - Removals | 3592, 3592(b)(2) | 359.406 | 8 |
| Moratorium - Removal During Probation | - | 359.503 | 8 |
| Moratorium - Performance-Based Removal | - | 359.403 | 8 |
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Moratorium - Discipline Based Removal Exceptions |
- |
8 |
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Part-Time & Intermittent Employment |
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Pay - SES Rate Range |
5 |
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|
Pay - Executive Schedule |
12 |
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Pay - Critical Pay |
5 |
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Pay - Detail or Transfer to International Organization |
5 |
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Pay - Exclusion of SES from Premium Pay Provisions |
5 |
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Pay - Retired Member of Uniformed Services |
5 |
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Pay - SES Saved Pay Upon Guaranteed Placement |
10 |
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Pay Retention |
5 |
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Performance Appraisal |
4 |
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Performance Awards |
6 |
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| Performance Removals | 3592 | 359-E | 8 |
|
Performance Removals - Informal MSPB Hearing |
- |
8 |
|
|
Performance Review Board (PRB) |
4 |
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Position Designation - Career Reserved vs General SES Positions |
1 |
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| Presidential Appointments - Retention of SES Benefits | 3392(c) | 317.801 | 3 |
| Presidential Appointments - Reinstatement | 3593(b) | 317.703 | 3 |
|
Presidential Appointments - Leave |
11 |
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Presidential Rank Awards |
6 |
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Probationary Period |
2, 8 |
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Qualifications Standards |
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Qualifications - ECQs |
2 |
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Qualifications Review Board (QRB) |
2 |
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Rating & Selection |
2 |
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Reassignments - Career |
3 |
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|
Reassignments - Noncareer & Limited |
3 |
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|
Recruitment |
2 |
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|
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives |
5 |
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| Reduction in Force - SES | 3595 | 359-F | 9 |
| Reduction in Force - Competitive Procedures | 3595(a) | 359.602(a) | 9 |
| Reduction in Force - Placement | 3595(b)(3) | 359.602, 359.603 | 9 |
|
Reduction in Force - Removal |
9 |
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|
Reemployed Annuitant |
8 |
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Reemployment Rights |
3 |
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| Reinstatement - Career SES | 3593(a) | 317-G | 3 |
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Reinstatement - Guaranteed Reinstatement |
3 |
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Removal - Career SES |
3393(g), 3392(d), 3592, 3595, 7532, Chapter 74, Subchapter V |
8 |
|
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Removal - Noncareer, Limited, & Reemployed Annuitant |
8 |
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Retention Incentives |
5 |
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Retention of SES Benefits |
3 |
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Retirement (see also CSRS & FERS Handbook, Ch. 44 covers discontinued service retirement & Ch. 101 covers senior officials) |
11 |
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Sabbaticals |
7 |
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SES - Coverage |
Intro |
||
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Student Loan Repayments |
11 |
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|
Tenure - RIF (Non SES) |
9 |
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Training (see Executive Development above) |
7 |
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Transfers - Career |
3 |
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Transfers - Noncareer |
3 |
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Transfer of Function |
3 |
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Travel & Transportation for New Appointees |
11 |
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Travel & Transportation for Last Move Home |
11 |
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Unemployment Compensation |
11 |
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Vacancy Announcements Area of Consideration |
2 |
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Veterans’ Preference - SES Exclusion |
2 |
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Work Schedules |
11 |

