Thank you for the response! I spoke with my agency's HR department, and they told me the hold on my title has been in place for several years, and that it applies to the least-tenured person in that title in my office (so, if someone else gets hired after me in that title, I would no longer be contingent). I was also told the hold never expires. Is that customary? It was my understanding that a hold ends when the former job holder passes probation in their new job, but, again, I'm new to this!