means an executive 
agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105. The agency determines in individual 
cases whether a candidate was released ``shortly before'' completing the 
required 3 years and should therefore be eligible for appointment.

[65 FR 14432, Mar. 17, 2000]


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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR315.701]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315_CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart G_Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From 
                        Other Types of Employment
 
Sec.  315.701  Incumbents of positions brought into the competitive service.


    (a) Employee coverage. This section applies to an employee retained 
under Sec. Sec.  316.701 and 316.702 of this chapter who:
    (1) Was serving in a permanent excepted position under an 
appointment not limited to 1 year or less, or in a public or private 
enterprise in a position which the agency determines to be a continuing 
one, at the time his position was brought into the competitive service; 
and
    (2) Performed 6 months of satisfactory service immediately before 
the date his position was brought into the competitive service, in a 
position or positions brought into the competitive service, or in the 
civilian executive branch of the Government, unless OPM has excepted his 
particular type of case from this requirement.
    (b) Eligibility for conversion. Within the time limits set forth in 
paragraph (c) of this section, the employment of an employee covered by 
paragraph (a) of this section may be converted to career or career-
conditional employment.
    (c) Time limits. Conversion may be initiated under paragraph (b) of 
this section only within 6 months after the position is brought into the 
competiti