241.4—Eligibility.

(a) To be eligible for an ITEP assignment, a DoD or private sector employee must:
(1) Work in the field of information technology management;
(2) Be considered an exceptional employee;
(3) Be expected to assume increased information technology management responsibilities in the future; and
(4) Must be compensated at the GS-11 level or above (or the equivalent).
(b) In addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the DoD employee must be serving under a career or career-conditional appointment or an appointment of equivalent tenure in the excepted service.
(c) The private sector employee must meet citizenship requirements for Federal employment in accordance with 5 CFR 7.3 and 338.101, as well as any other statutory requirements. When a position requires a security clearance, the person must possess, or be able to obtain an appropriate security clearance.
(d) Proposed assignment meets applicable requirements of section 209(b) of the E-Government Act of 2002.