The Management Supervisory Service consists of all employees who meet the definition of "management employee" in section 1411(5) of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-614.11(5)) , that is, employees whose functions include responsibility for project management and supervision of staff and the achievement of the project's overall goals and objectives.
The following employees are excluded from the Management Supervisory Service:
Positions that have some supervisory duties and responsibilities but less than those described in the appropriate classification standards guide shall be excluded from the Management Supervisory Service.
Persons appointed to the Management Supervisory Service are not in the Career, Educational, Legal, Excepted, or Executive Services.
An employee holding a position in the Career or Educational Services may be detailed, temporarily promoted, temporarily transferred, or temporarily reassigned, without a break in service of (3) three days or more, to a position that would otherwise be in the Management Supervisory Service, without losing his or her existing status in the Career or Educational Services.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B3801