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Competitive Service - A term used to describe Federal employees covered by the Civil Service Act.
Displaced/Surplus Employees -
- Displaced employees are current or former career or career conditional competitive service employees at the grade level GS-15 or below, and facing reduction in force separation or involuntary separation for declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function outside the commuting area.
- For OCC employees - Displaced employees are current or former career or career conditional excepted service employees facing reduction in force separation or involuntary separation for declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function outside the commuting area.
- Surplus employees are current career or career conditional competitive employees at the grade level GS-15 or below in a position or occupation identified by the employing agency as "surplus" and therefore face future potential reduction in force separation.
- For OCC employees- Current career or career conditional excepted service employees in a position or occupation identified by the employing agency as "surplus" and therefore face future potential reduction in force separation.
Excepted Service - A term used to refer to positions in the civil service that are specifically excluded from the requirements of the Civil Service Act. Usually identified as "Schedule A", "Schedule B", or "Schedule C" appointments.
Federal Employment for Persons with Disabilities
- The Federal Government's Selective Placement programs include a special hiring authority for hiring people with disabilities. Interested applicants should visit the OPM website for Federal Employment of People with Disabilities at: http://www.opm.gov/disability/appointment_disabilities.asp for information about eligibility and certification requirements. For information on Selective Placement program coordinators, including Treasury bureau contacts, visit: http://www.opm.gov/disability/hrpro_3-08.asp
Excepted Service Appointment - A term used to refer to positions in the civil service that are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service (often identified as "Schedule A", "Schedule B", or "Schedule C" appointments). For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/Strategic_Management_of_Human_Capital/fhfrc/FLX05020.asp. For a list of excepted service agencies, visit http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei6.asp.
Reinstatement Eligibility
- A term used by hiring offices to refer to former Federal
employees who are interested in reentering the Federal
competitive service workforce without competing with
the public in a civil service examination or public
job announcement. To be "reinstatement eligible," former
employees must have held a career
or career-conditional appointment
previously. Persons who are reinstatement eligible can
apply for Federal jobs open only to status candidates.
Special Appointing Authorities - Numerous special appointment authorities are available. Check out our bureaus’ web sites, read the vacancy announcement, or go to https://www.opm.gov/employ/html/sroa2.asp for more information.
Status Candidates - A term used by hiring offices to refer to candidates already employed by the Federal government in a competitive service position.
Type of Appointment
- Career Appointment, Competitive
Service - A term used to describe an employee's
status within the Federal government. It includes
all employees in the competitive
service who have completed 3 years of substantially
continuous Federal service.
- Career Appointment, Excepted Service - A
term used to describe an employee of the Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency's status. It includes
all OCC employees in the excepted service who have
completed 1 year of substantially continuous Federal
service.
- Career Conditional Appointment,
Competitive Service - A term used to describe
an employee's status within the Federal government.
It includes permanent employees in the competitive
service who have not completed three years of substantially
continuous service to become a full career employee.
- Career-Conditional Appointment,
Excepted service - A term used to describe
an employee of the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency's status within the Federal government. It
includes permanent employees in the excepted service
who have not completed their first year of employment.
- Excepted Service Appointment - A term used
to refer to positions in the civil service that are
specifically excluded from the requirements of the
Civil Service Act. Usually identified as "Schedule
A", "Schedule B", or "Schedule C" appointments.
- Student Career Experience Program Appointment
- A Student Career Experience Appointment refers to
appointments where students perform work directly
related to their academic field and receive credit
for performing such work from an accredited educational
institution. It is different than the Student Temporary
Employment Program.
- Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) Appointment
- A student employed under STEP is a temporary employee
performing work not necessarily related to the student's
academic field. The one condition of employment is
that the student be enrolled at least half-time in
an accredited educational institution.
- Temporary Appointment - An appointment lasting
one year or less with a specific expiration date.
- Term Appointment - An appointment that refers
to when an employing agency hires an employee to work
on a project of a non-permanent nature for a limited
period of time. Normally, the appointment period is
for more than one year but no more than four years.
- Veterans' Recruitment Appointment
(VRA) - A special authority by which agencies
may appoint an eligible veteran without competition.
The candidate must meet the basic qualification requirements
for the position and can be referred directly to a
hiring manager for consideration. The use of the authority
is entirely discretionary and no one is entitled to
a VRA appointment. VRA appointees initially are hired
for a 2-year period. Successful completion of the
2-year VRA appointment leads to a career
appointment.
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