5 CFR § 359.601 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s359.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 359.601 - General."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "359.601"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "359"
part_name: "REMOVAL FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE; GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN OTHER PERSONNEL SYSTEMS"
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. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "359"
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# 359.601 General.

(a) *Coverage.* (1) This subpart covers the removal of a career appointee from the SES as a result of a reduction in force.

(2) This subpart does not cover, however, a career appointee who is serving as a reemployed annuitant. See subpart I of this part for removal of a reemployed annuitant.

(b) *Definitions*—(1) *Probationary period* is defined in § 359.202 of this part.

(2) *Reduction in force* is defined in 5 U.S.C. 3595(d) as including “the elimination or modification of a position due to a reorganization, due to a lack of funds or curtailment of work, or due to any other factor.”

(3) *Agency* in this subpart means an executive department or an independent establishment.

(c) *Agency procedures.* An agency must have issued written procedures before conducting a reduction in force. A copy of the procedures shall be provided OPM upon issuance.

[54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 6388, Feb. 2, 1995]