5 CFR § 11.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s11.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 11.1 - Scope."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "11.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE RULES"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "PROBATIONARY AND TRIAL PERIODS (RULE XI)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729."
regulatory_source: "E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729, Apr. 29, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
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# 11.1 Scope.

This rule applies to probationary periods in the competitive service and trial periods in the excepted service, except where provided otherwise by statute. It has no application to probationary periods in the Senior Executive Service.