{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-300.301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 300.301","heading":"Authority.","body":"(a) In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3341, an agency may detail an employee in the competitive service to a position in either the competitive or excepted service.\n(b) In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3341, an agency may detail an employee in the excepted service to a position in the excepted service and may also detail an excepted service employee serving under Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule D, or a Veterans Recruitment Appointment to a position in the competitive service.\n(c) Any other detail of an employee in the excepted service to a position in the competitive service may be made only with the prior approval of the Office of Personnel Management or under a delegated agreement between the agency and OPM.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 300—EMPLOYMENT (GENERAL)","Subpart C—Details of Employees"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"102942d71e8a3a95a9954ff837cde59e65124e035fd067f401d5a96b2a4d6815","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-300.201","next":"us/5-cfr-300.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}