The vacancy announcement states that all Library of Congress positions are in the “excepted service”. What does this mean?
All non-military Federal jobs fall into one of three categories, or “services”, – the Competitive Service, the Excepted Service, or the Senior Executive Service. The Competitive Service includes primarily jobs in the Executive Branch of the Government. The Excepted Service includes most of the positions in the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch of the Government, as well as positions in the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies that have been excepted from the civil service laws because of their confidential, policy-determining, or policy-advocating character. The Senior Executive Service includes executive and managerial positions that do not require appointment by the President with Senate confirmation. The primary differences between the three services are in the areas of hiring procedures and job protections. In the Competitive Service, hiring procedures, promotion requirements, and job qualification standards are prescribed by
All non-military Federal jobs fall into one of three categories, or services, – the Competitive Service, the Excepted Service, or the Senior Executive Service. The Competitive Service includes primarily jobs in the Executive Branch of the Government. The Excepted Service includes most of the positions in the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch of the Government, as well as positions in the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies that have been excepted from the civil service laws because of their confidential, policy-determining, or policy-advocating character. The Senior Executive Service includes executive and managerial positions that do not require appointment by the President with Senate confirmation. The primary differences between the three services are in the areas of hiring procedures and job protections. In the Competitive Service, hiring procedures, promotion requirements, and job qualification standards are prescribed by l
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