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Title 5Administrative PersonnelPart / Section
Chapter IOffice of Personnel Management1 – 1199
Subchapter BCivil Service Regulations110 – 990
Part 316Temporary and Term Employment316.301 – 316.914
Subparts A-B [Reserved]
Subpart CTerm Employment316.301 – 316.304
§ 316.301Purpose and duration.
§ 316.302Selection of term employees.
§ 316.303Tenure of term employees.
§ 316.304Probationary period.
Subpart DTemporary Limited Employment316.401 – 316.403
§ 316.401Purpose and duration.
§ 316.402Procedures for making temporary appointments.
§ 316.403Designation of provisional appointments.
Subpart E [Reserved]
Subpart FAppointment Without Competitive Examination in Rare Cases316.601
§ 316.601Appointment without competitive examination in rare cases.
Subpart GRetention of Incumbents of Positions Brought Into the Competitive Service316.701 – 316.703
§ 316.701Public or private enterprise taken over by Government.
§ 316.702Excepted positions brought into the competitive service.
§ 316.703Effect on tenure of position change of status quo employees.
Subpart H [Reserved]
Subpart IHiring Authority for Post-Secondary Students316.901 – 316.914