{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-317.304","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 317.304","heading":"Conversion of career and career-type appointees.","body":"(a) Coverage. This section covers employees serving under:\n(1) A career or career-conditional appointment; or\n(2) A similar type of appointment (“career-type” appointment) in an excepted service position as determined by the Office. A career-type appointment is an appointment in the excepted service other than an appointment:\n(i) To a Schedule C position established under part 213 of this chapter;\n(ii) To a position authorized to be filled by noncareer executive assignment under part 305 of this chapter;\n(iii) To a position which meets the same criteria as a Schedule C position or a position authorized to be filled by non-career executive assignment; or\n(iv) To a position where the incumbent is traditionally changed upon a change in Presidential Administrations.\n(b) Senior Executive Service appointment. An employee covered by this section shall be converted to a Senior Executive Service career appointment. The employee may be assigned to either a “general” or a “career reserved” position.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 317—EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE","Subpart C—Conversion to the Senior Executive Service"],"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":"3b6f5a8ab0c4f67f630ab458645943bc97f6e2996fa71bd4fb1733ca0a290e25","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-317.303","next":"us/5-cfr-317.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}