{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-330.502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 330.502","heading":"General restriction on movement after competitive appointment.","body":"(a) An agency must wait at least 90 days after an employee's latest nontemporary competitive appointment before the agency may take the following actions:\n(1) Promote an employee;\n(2) Transfer, reinstate, reassign, or detail an employee to a different position; or\n(3) Transfer, reinstate, reassign, or detail an employee to a different geographical area.\n(b) Upon written request from an agency, OPM may waive the restriction against movement to a different geographical area when moving such an employee is consistent with open competition principles.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL)","Subpart E—Restrictions To Protect Competitive Principles"],"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":"745009947b5415f2d06587825395357067beb402585c38ec36e7170559e1a188","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-330.501","next":"us/5-cfr-330.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}