If you are interested in employment with an excepted service agency, you should contact that agency directly. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management does not provide application forms or information on jobs in excepted service agencies or organizations.
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Major Excepted Service Agencies ... Excepted service is a special authority used by the federal government, which allows agencies to use a streamlined hiring process rather than hiring through the traditional competitive process. This authority allows agencies to help meet an unusual or special hiring need.
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Excepted service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most civilian positions in the Federal government of the United States are part of the competitive service, where applicants must compete with other applicants in open competition under the merit syst...
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Under this section, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies having positions in the excepted service will continue to fill those positions in the same manner that they have been filled under former section 858. Such excepted appointments are appointments authorized to be made without regard to the...
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One key factor concerning the excepted service is that employees have fewer appeal rights (compared to positions in the competitive service) in the event of disciplinary actions or job termination. ... PRINCIPAL EXCEPTED AGENCIES ... CATEGORIES ABOUT EXCEPTED SERVICE...
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OPM provides excepted service hiring authorities to fill special jobs or to fill any job in unusual or special circumstances under "Schedules A, B, and C." These excepted service authorities enable agencies to hire when it is not feasible or not practical to use traditional competitive hiring procedures,
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Positions are placed in the excepted service because open competitive examination is not feasible, for example, the positions are in remote locations, non-Federal entity involvement in the selection process, ... There are numerous excepted appointment authorities which are issued to agencies for their specific needs.
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(a) When agencies determine the fitness of individuals to perform work as employees in the excepted service or as contractor employees, prior favorable fitness or suitability determinations should be granted reciprocal recognition, to the extent practicable.
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CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ... PART 302--EMPLOYMENT IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE ... 302.101 Positions covered by regulations.
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