{"data":{"id":"us/6-cfr-158.204","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"6 CFR 158.204","heading":"Employees in the DHS-CS.","body":"(a) DHS-CS employees. DHS-CS employees serve in the excepted service, and the Department hires, compensates, and develops DHS-CS employees using CTMS.\n(b) Mission execution and assignments. DHS-CS employees execute the DHS cybersecurity mission by applying their CTMS qualifications to perform the DHS-CS cybersecurity work of their assignments.\n(c) Mission impact and recognition. Application of a DHS-CS employee's CTMS qualifications to successfully and proficiently perform DHS-CS cybersecurity work results in mission impact attributable to that employee. The Department reviews a DHS-CS employee's mission impact as described in § 158.805, which may result in recognition as described in § 158.630.\n(d) Compensation. In alignment with the compensation strategy described in § 158.601, the Department provides compensation to a DHS-CS employee as described in § 158.603.\n(e) Recruitment and development. The Department strategically and proactively recruits individuals as described in § 158.510 and develops DHS-CS employees under the career development program, described in § 158.803, that emphasizes continual learning.\n(f) Core values. The Department uses the core values, described in § 158.305, to manage the DHS-CS.","path":["Title 6—Domestic Security","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY","PART 158—CYBERSECURITY TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CTMS)","Subpart B—DHS Cybersecurity Service"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-6.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:54Z","sha256":"b0ac65c33eebaa32af1025bf2423da708a7cbe76ffd92fddfe8f6e810dbd3f0e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/6-cfr-158.203","next":"us/6-cfr-158.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}