Section 300.301 - Authority(a) In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3341 , an agency may detail an employee in the competitive service to a position in either the competitive or excepted service.(b) In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3341 , an agency may detail an employee in the excepted service to a position in the excepted service and may also detail an excepted service employee serving under Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule D, or a Veterans Recruitment Appointment to a position in the competitive service.(c) Any other detail of an employee in the excepted service to a position in the competitive service may be made only with the prior approval of the Office of Personnel Management or under a delegated agreement between the agency and OPM.60 FR 3057, Jan. 13, 1995, as amended at 70 FR 72066 , Dec. 1, 2005