---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 158.525"
title: "6"
number: "158.525"
heading: "Hiring of former DHS-CS employees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/158.525"
---

# §158.525. Hiring of former DHS-CS employees.

- (a) **Rejoining the DHS-CS.** To facilitate future service in the DHS-CS by former DHS-CS employees, the Department aims to:
  - (1) Maintain communication with former DHS-CS employees to understand their interest in future service in the DHS-CS;
  - (2) Provide opportunities for former DHS-CS employees to be considered for appointment again to qualified positions; and
  - (3) **Acknowledge former DHS-CS employees' enhancements to qualifications while outside the DHS-CS.**
- (b) **Rehiring.** Except as provided in [paragraphs (c) through (e)](#c..e) of this section, to be appointed again to a qualified position a former DHS-CS employee must:
  - (1) Participate again in the assessment program described in [§ 158.520](/cfr/6/158.520.md) for the Department to determine the former DHS-CS employee's current CTMS qualifications; and
  - (2) Meet employment eligibility and accept and satisfy applicable employment-related criteria as described in [§ 158.521](/cfr/6/158.521.md).
- (c) **Reassessment.** A former DHS-CS employee whose most recent appointment to a qualified position was a renewable appointment or a continuing appointment must participate again in the assessment program described in [§ 158.520](/cfr/6/158.520.md) unless the Department determines otherwise based on factors relevant to the former DHS-CS employee, such as:
  - (1) Time elapsed since the former DHS-CS employee's most recent appointment to a qualified position under this part;
  - (2) Similarity of cybersecurity work performed by the former DHS-CS employee since that individual's most recent appointment to a qualified position under this part; or
  - (3) Similarity of the former DHS-CS employee's CTMS qualifications during the former employee's most recent appointment under this part to the CTMS qualifications of a newly identified assignment under the deployment program in [§ 158.701](/cfr/6/158.701.md).
- (d) **Former advisory and political appointees.** Appointment under this part of a former DHS-CS employee who previously served in an advisory appointment or other political appointment may be subject to additional requirements, including coordination with the Office of Personnel Management.
- (e) **Prospective advisory appointees.** Appointment of any former DHS-CS employee to an advisory appointment is governed by subpart J of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 658. Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted.