A detailee is an employee of a

United States executive branch The Federal Government of the United States of America (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States. The U.S. federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executi ...

government agency temporarily assigned to another position, generally in another U.S. government agency or an international organization. The employee's original agency will usually continue to pay the person's salary.Detailees
at U.S. Office of Government Ethics site Examples include advisors to the

National Security Council A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a n ...

. Detailees are usually not political appointees and are not usually screened to check their political loyalty, although the

second Trump administration Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. On his first day, Trump pardoned about 1,500 people convicted of offenses in the Janua ...

may be changing this practice.

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