---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 158.703"
title: "6"
number: "158.703"
heading: "Designating and staffing assignments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/158.703"
---

# §158.703. Designating and staffing assignments.

- (a) **Designating assignments.** The Department designates assignments by defining combinations of CTMS qualifications and DHS-CS cybersecurity work associable with qualified positions. CTMS policy implementing this section addresses procedures for DHS organizations to designate assignments, including as a result of designating qualified positions as described in [§ 158.702](/cfr/6/158.702.md).
- (b) **Staffing assignments.** The Department staffs assignments by:
  - (1) Matching assignments with DHS-CS employees as described in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section;
  - (2) Matching assignments with newly appointed individuals as described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section; or
  - (3) Seeking to recruit individuals and establish new qualified positions under the talent acquisition system described in [§ 158.501](/cfr/6/158.501.md) and then matching assignments with newly appointed individuals as described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) **Initial assignment.** Upon appointment of an individual to a qualified position, the Department matches the individual with an assignment based on the alignment of the individual's CTMS qualifications, determined under the assessment program described in [§ 158.520](/cfr/6/158.520.md), to the CTMS qualifications of an assignment. In matching an individual with an initial assignment, the Department may also consider:
  - (1) Input from the individual;
  - (2) Input from DHS organizations;
  - (3) Mission-related requirements; and
  - (4) **Strategic talent priorities.**
- (d) **Subsequent assignments.** The Department matches DHS-CS employees with assignments subsequent to employees' initial assignments, as necessary.
  - (1) The Department matches a DHS-CS employee with a subsequent assignment based on the alignment of the employee's CTMS qualifications with the CTMS qualifications of an assignment. In matching a DHS-CS employee with a subsequent assignment, the Department may also consider:
    - (i) Input from the employee;
    - (ii) Input from DHS organizations, especially the primary DHS organization of the employee's current assignment;
    - (iii) Information about the employee from the performance management program described in [§ 158.802](/cfr/6/158.802.md) and the career development program described in [§ 158.803](/cfr/6/158.803.md);
    - (iv) Mission-related requirements; and
    - (v) **Strategic talent priorities.**
  - (2) A DHS-CS employee may have multiple assignments throughout the employee's service in a qualified position, but may only have one assignment at a time. A DHS-CS employee's subsequent assignments may have assignment information, described in [§ 158.706(e)](/cfr/6/158.706.md?p=e), that is different than the assignment information of the employee's initial assignment, including primary DHS organization.
  - (3) In alignment with the career development program described in [§ 158.803](/cfr/6/158.803.md) and based on information from development reviews described in [§ 158.806](/cfr/6/158.806.md) the Department communicates with DHS-CS employees on an ongoing basis about subsequent assignment opportunities;

## 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.