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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

Adverse Actions - Conduct (Probationary Career)

3592

359.403

8

Adverse Actions - Appeals (Mitigation of Penalty)

7701(b)(3)

772.102

8

Aggregate Limitation on Pay

5307

530-B534.407

5

Allocations - SES Spaces

3133

-

1

Allocations - Biennial & Out of Cycle Requests

3133(d)

-

1

Allocations - Noncareer Appointments

3134(a)-(d)

317.601

3

Allocations - Limited Appointments

3134(e)3394(b)

317.601

1

Appointment Conditions - Citizenship

-

213.3102(bb)

2

Appointment Conditions - Employment of Relatives

3110

310

2

Appointment Conditions - Selective Service Registration

-

300.702

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

-

316.403

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

 

330-F330-G

9

Certification - SES Performance Appraisal System

5307(d)

430-D

5

Civil Service - Definition

2101(1)

 

2

Commercial Recruiting Firms & Nonprofit Employment Services

 

300-D

2

Compensatory Time Off

5541(2)(xvi)

550.101(b)(18)

11

Compensatory Time Off - Exclusion of SES Overtime

5543

550.114

11

Compensatory Time Off - Travel

5550b

550-N

11

Details

3341

317.903

3

Dual Compensation Waivers

8344(i)8468(f)

553-B

5

Dual Incumbency

 

 

2

Equivalent tenure

 

359.701(a)317.304(a)

10

Exclusions from the SES

3132(a) & (c) through (f)

214.301

Intro

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)

3393(c)

317.502

2

Executive Development

3396

412.201412.202412.401

7

Executive Resources Board (ERB)

3393(b)

317.501412.302(a)412.401(a)(4)

Executive & Schedule C System (ESCS)

 

214.203

1, 2

Experts & Consultants

3109

304

2, 12

Five Years Continuous Service

3392(b)

 

2

Furlough

3595(a)

359-H

9

General SES positions

3132(a)(9)

214-D

1

Guaranteed Placement

3594

359-G

8, 10

Inspector General Organizations

 

 

9, 11

Interchange Agreements

 

214.204

12

IPA Assignments

Chapter 33, Subpart VI

334

3, 7

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)

63066304(d)

630.306

11

Leave - Military

6323

 

11

Merit Staffing Requirements

3393(b)

317.501(c)

2

Merit System Principles

2301

 

Intro

Mobility

3396(d)

412.401

2

Moratorium - Effect on Details

3395(e)(3)

317.901(c)(5)

3

Moratorium - Performance Appraisal

4314(b)(1)(C)

430.309(b)

4

Moratorium - QRB Processing

 

317.502(d)

2

Moratorium - Reassignments Exceptions

3395(e)(1)

317.901(c)(2), & (3)

3

Moratorium - Removals

35923592(b)(2)

359.406

8

Moratorium - Removal During Probation

-

359.503

8

Moratorium - Performance-Based Removal

-

359.403

8

Moratorium - Discipline Based Removal Exceptions

-

359.406(c)359.503(c)

8

Part-Time & Intermittent Employment

Chapter 34

340.101340-B340-D

Pay - SES Rate Range

538153825383

534-D

5

Pay - Executive Schedule

Chapter 53, Subpart II

12

Pay - Critical Pay

5377

535

5

Pay - Detail or Transfer to International Organization

3343

352-D

5

Pay - Exclusion of SES from Premium Pay Provisions

5541(2)(xvi)

550.101(b)(18)

5

Pay - Retired Member of Uniformed Services

 

550-F

5

Pay - SES Saved Pay Upon Guaranteed Placement

3594(c)

359.705

10

Pay Retention

5363

536-C

5

Performance Appraisal

Chapter 43, Subpart II

430-C

4

Performance Awards

5384

534.405

6

Performance Removals

3592

359-E

8

Performance Removals - Informal MSPB Hearing

-

1201.1411201.1421201.143

8

Performance Review Board (PRB)

4314(c)

430.311

4

Position Designation - Career Reserved vs General SES Positions

3132(a)(8) & (9)

214-D

1

Presidential Appointments - Retention of SES Benefits

3392(c)

317.801

3

Presidential Appointments - Reinstatement

3593(b)

317.703

3

Presidential Appointments - Leave

6301(2)(x)-(xi)

630.211

11

Presidential Rank Awards

45074507a

451.301451.302451.303451.304451.305

6

Probationary Period

3393(d)3592(a)(1)

317.503359 -D

2, 8

Qualifications Standards

3392

317-D

Qualifications - ECQs

3393(c)

317.502

2

Qualifications Review Board (QRB)

3393(c)

317.502

2

Rating & Selection

3393(b)

317.501(c)

2

Reassignments - Career

3395

317.901

3

Reassignments - Noncareer & Limited

3395(b) & (d)

317.604

3

Recruitment

3393(a)

317.501(b)

2

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives

5753

575-A575-B

5

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)

359.602359.603

9

Reduction in Force - Removal

3595(b)(4), (5)

359.604

9

Reemployed Annuitant

3595

359.202

8

Reemployment Rights

3595

352

3

Reinstatement - Career SES

3593(a)

317-G

3

Reinstatement - Guaranteed Reinstatement

3593(b)

317.703

3

Removal - Career SES

3393(g)3392(d)3592, 35957532Chapter 74, Subchapter V

359-B359-D359-E359-F752-F

8

Removal - Noncareer, Limited, & Reemployed Annuitant

3592(c)

359-I317.605

8

Retention Incentives

5754

575-C

5

Retention of SES Benefits

3392(c)(1), (2)

317-H

3

Retirement (see also CSRS & FERS Handbook, Ch. 44 covers discontinued service retirement & Ch. 101 covers senior officials)

8336833984148421

831 (CSRS),
842 (FERS)

11

Sabbaticals

3396(c)

334

7

SES - Coverage

3132

214.201214.301

Intro

Student Loan Repayments

5379

537

11

Tenure - RIF (Non SES)

35023595

351-E

9

Training (see Executive Development above)

3396(a)Chapter 41

410412

7

Transfers - Career

3395

317.902

3

Transfers - Noncareer

3595(d)

317.902

3

Transfer of Function

3595(e)

359-F

3

Travel & Transportation for New Appointees

5723

572

11

Travel & Transportation for Last Move Home

5724(a)(3)

FTR 302

11

Unemployment Compensation

Chapter 85

 

11

Vacancy Announcements Area of Consideration

33273393(a)

317.501(b)

2

Veterans’ Preference - SES Exclusion

2108(3)

211

2

Work Schedules

Chapter 61

610

11

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