§ 930.213 - Use of administrative law judges on detail from other agencies.

(a) An agency that is occasionally or temporarily insufficiently staffed with administrative law judges may ask OPM to provide for the temporary use by the agency of the services of an administrative law judge of another agency. The agency request should—

(1) Identify and describe briefly the nature of the case(s) to be heard (including parties and representatives when available);

(2) Specify the legal authority under which the use of an administrative law judge is required; and

(3) Demonstrate that the agency has no administrative law judge available to hear the case(s).

(b) OPM, with the consent of the agency in which an administrative law judge is employed, will select the administrative law judge to be used, and will name the date or period for which the administrative law judge is to be made available for detail to the agency in need of his or her services.

(c) Such details generally will be reimbursable by the agency requesting the detail.