Appointee
Appointee means an individual who has entered on duty and is in the first year of employment in a competitive service or career Senior Executive Service position when it is employment subject to investigation. When the individual is serving a probationary or trial period, the individual's status as an appointee will extend through the end of the initial probationary/trial period, if longer than one year.
Source
5 CFR § 731.101
Scoping language
The following definitions apply for the purposes of this part: