§9813 Limited Appointments to Senior Executive Service Positions

Summary

Allows the Administrator to put people into Senior Executive Service (SES) jobs on temporary or emergency appointments and sets limits and rules for those hires. Key terms: career reserved position — an SES job usually for career officials but sometimes filled by certain limited appointees; limited emergency appointee — defined in section 3132; limited term appointee — someone hired to meet a genuine temporary need, as the Administrator decides. No more than 10 percent of the Administration’s career reserved SES slots may be filled by those limited appointees. Limited term appointments can be up to 4 years for jobs that end then, or up to 1 year for continuing jobs. In rare cases, the Administrator can extend those limits by up to 2 years (for the 4‑year type) or 1 year (for the 1‑year type). Limited term appointees who came from career jobs outside the SES get reemployment rights under OPM rules, and OPM can place them. They may be reassigned under the same time rules but may not serve more than 1 year in continuing slots unless a rare 1‑year extension is approved. No one may serve more than 7 consecutive years in combined limited appointments. Limited term appointees may receive performance awards on the same terms and amounts as career appointees.