{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-315.602","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 315.602","heading":"Appointment based on service in the Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff.","body":"(a) Agency authority. An agency may appoint noncompetitively a person who has served at least 2 years in the immediate Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff, provided that the appointment is effected without a break in service of 1 full workday.\n(b) Tenure on appointment. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career-conditional employee.\n(2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).\n(c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status automatically on appointment.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT","Subpart F—Career or Career-Conditional Appointment Under Special Authorities"],"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":"d9ce1fb8e1ea238875186106593ee14fcd5f9ecfe54d1a0bd2255811d4189820","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-315.601","next":"us/5-cfr-315.603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}