CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT > SUBPART F—Career or Career-Conditional Appointment Under Special Authorities (§315.601 to §315.612) > 315.602—Appointment based on service in the Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff.

315.602—Appointment based on service in the Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff.

(a) Agency authority. An agency may appoint noncompetitively a person who has served at least 2 years in the immediate Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff, provided that the appointment is effected without a break in service of 1 full workday.
(b) Tenure on appointment. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career-conditional employee.
(2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).
(c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status automatically on appointment.

Code of Federal Regulations

[44 FR 54692, Sept. 21, 1979]