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6 CFR § 158.707Chapter I

Details and opportunities outside DHS

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(a) DHS-CS employees serving in renewable appointments or continuing appointments may be detailed to:

(1) A position in the excepted service in another agency under 31 U.S.C. 1535;

(2) A position in the SES in another agency under 5 CFR 317.903;

(3) A position in the competitive service in another agency under 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 5 CFR 300.301, if approved by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;

(4) Certain offices of the White House under 3 U.S.C.112;

(5) The Congress under 2 U.S.C. 4301(f);

(6) An international organization under 5 U.S.C. 3343; or

(7) Another detail opportunity under other provisions of applicable law.

(b) Individuals from outside the DHS-CS may not be detailed to a qualified position.

(c) DHS-CS employees serving in continuing appointments may be assigned to eligible non-Federal organizations under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3371-3375 and 5 CFR part 334.

eCFR data current as of: November 6, 2026

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