Part 317 - Employment in the Senior Executive Service

Part 317 up to date from eCFR as of Apr 28, 2025; last amended Oct 2, 2023.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3392, 3393, 3395, 3397, 3592, 3593, 3595, 3596, 8414, and 8421. § 317.202 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1).

Source: 44 FR 18927, Mar. 30, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

Table of Contents

• Subpart A - Subpart A [Reserved]

• Subpart B - General Provisions

  • § 317.201 Regulatory requirements.
  • § 317.202 Suitability inquiries regarding criminal history.

• Subpart C - Conversion to the Senior Executive Service

  • § 317.301 Conversion coverage.
  • § 317.302 Conversion procedures.
  • § 317.303 Status of employees who decline voluntary conversion to the Senior Executive Service.
  • § 317.304 Conversion of career and career-type appointees.
  • § 317.305 Conversion of excepted appointees.
  • § 317.306 Conversion of employees under time limited appointments.

• Subpart D - Qualifications Standards

  • § 317.401 General.
  • § 317.402 Career reserved positions.
  • § 317.403 General positions.
  • § 317.404 Retention of qualifications standards.

• Subpart E - Career Appointments

  • § 317.501 Recruitment and selection for initial SES career appointment be achieved from the brightest and most diverse pool possible.
  • § 317.502 Qualifications Review Board certification.
  • § 317.503 Probationary period.
  • § 317.504 [Reserved]

• Subpart F - Noncareer and Limited Appointments

  • § 317.601 Authorization.
  • § 317.602 Conditions of a limited appointment.
  • § 317.603 Selection.
  • § 317.604 Reassignment.
  • § 317.605 Tenure of appointees.

• Subpart G - SES Career Appointment by Reinstatement

  • § 317.701 Agency authority.
  • § 317.702 General reinstatement: SES career appointees.
  • § 317.703 Guaranteed reinstatement: Presidential appointees.

• Subpart H - Retention of SES Provisions

  • § 317.801 Retention of SES provisions.

• Subpart I - Reassignments, Transfers, and Details

  • § 317.901 Reassignments.
  • § 317.902 Transfers.
  • § 317.903 Details.
  • § 317.904 Change in type of SES appointment.

• Subpart J - Corrective Action

  • § 317.1001 OPM authority for corrective action.