COMDTINST 12300.7A
a. When Permitted. Details may be approved for the reasons and under the circumstances
listed below:
(1) To meet emergency resource needs caused by abnormal workload, special projects or
studies, change in mission or organization, or absences for periods of short duration.
(2) While an employee is waiting for an official assignment; pending description and
classification of a new position; pending security clearance; or to permit employee
developmental assignments not involving an official position change.
(3) Personnel exchanges under Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).
b. Requirements. A detail is processed in 120-day or less increments.
(1) Details in excess of 30 days shall be recorded on the Request for Personnel Action,
Standard Form 52 (SF-52). These SF-52's shall be forwarded to CGPC-cpm for
action. The SF-52's should be filed on the right (permanent) side of the Official
Personnel Folder (OPF) with a copy provided to the employee. More than one SF-
52 is required to document details that extend beyond 120 days. The SF-52 should
contain:
(a) Name, title, grade, and salary of the employee to be detailed.
(b) Effective date of the detail.
(c) Position to which detailed. (Duties and responsibilities to be performed if
detailed to unclassified duties.)
(d) Organization from and to which detailed.
(e) Reason for the detail.
(f) Duration of the detail. (Not-to-exceed date.)
(2) Performance evaluations will be prepared and completed in accordance with
Excellence, Achievement, and recognition System (EARS), COMDTINST 12430.6
(series).
(3) Where an employee is not authorized to perform the full range of duties of the
detailed position, there must be a written statement by the supervisor of the position
to which detailed, clearly distinguishing between duties to be performed and those
not to be performed.
(4) Extension beyond 120 days to a higher-grade position, or to a position with known
promotion potential, must be made under competitive merit staffing procedures.
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