General restriction on movement after competitive appointment.
5 C.F.R. § 330.502
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) An agency must wait at least 90 days after an employee's latest nontemporary competitive appointment before the agency may take the following actions:
(1) Promote an employee;
(2) Transfer, reinstate, reassign, or detail an employee to a different position; or
(3) Transfer, reinstate, reassign, or detail an employee to a different geographical area.
(b) Upon written request from an agency, OPM may waive the restriction against movement to a different geographical area when moving such an employee is consistent with open competition principles.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-5.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026