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What are the key differences between the federal government’s hiring authorities: Competitive Service, Excepted Service, and Senior Executive Service?
When making appointments in the excepted service, certain special conditions may impact the documentation of the personnel actions and require additional instructions. a. Retired persons. When the person being appointed is retired from Federal civilian service, you must follow the instructions in Chapter
(a) Excepted service has the meaning given that term by section 2103 of title 5, United States Code, and includes all positions in the executive branch of the Federal Government which are specifically excepted from the competitive service by or pursuant to statute, by the President, or by the Office of Personnel Management, and which are not in ...
Excepted service. Excepted service positions are any federal or civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive service.
If you are in the excepted service, it means that you didn’t have to undergo the same hiring process as federal employees in the competitive service. Simply put, the competitive service has to follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules, pay scales, and so on.
Excepted service appointing authorities are critical tools for increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the Federal Government. Two of these authorities are particularly relevant:
The excepted service is the part of the United States federal civil service that is not part of either the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service. It allows streamlined hiring processes to be used under certain circumstances.
This Instruction sets forth policy requirements relating to employment in the excepted service and applies to excepted positions that are subject to the provisions of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), or subject to a statutory requirement to follow the veterans’ preference provisions of Title 5.
With respect to the application of veteran preference, this part applies to each position in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government that is not in the competitive service and that is subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, or subject to a statutory requirement to follow the veteran preference provisions of title 5.
This Order issues and transmits General Services Administration (GSA) policy and procedures governing employment in the excepted service. It establishes the framework for GSA appointments in the excepted service.