Excepted Service Case Study

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ALCON: Nicole and Lt Col Decelle have both made some very good points. However, I want to point out that a Civil Service position under “Excepted” Service is different from NDS T32 Excepted service. That being said, our agency may still be subject to Title 5 CFR regulations and fall under OPM authority. Basically, I do not see it as being as it is now with the hiring of T32 NDS positions. There's a list of Excepted Service agencies, for example Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Dept. Of Transportation, and (of course) Dept. of Defense. They are all listed in the Federal Register as Excepted Services, for it a requirement for OPM to publish notices to include the excepted service authorities, positions, and agency. For example under Excepted Service (IAW 5 CFR): 1. …show more content…

OPM must determine that the examination (DEU) is not practical for the appointments into the selected Excepted Service positions. 2. OPM must authorize the agency to make appointments under the Excepted Service schedules, for example when OPM gave NGB the “GWOT” hiring authority”. 3. There are limited Excepted Hiring Authorities (see GPPA). When hiring T5 civilians under excepted service authority we may hire under Schedule A, B, C, D and VRA (to include veterans, disabled persons, students/interns (Pathways)) authorities (which we do not used presently). For Example under Schedule A – there's Hiring of Disabled Persons; Veterans; Attorneys and Chaplains; Critical Need for short term positions. Some positions under this authority may be "non-competitively" converted to competitive upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service in a non-temporary appointment. Pros/Cons:

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