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The competitive service includes all civilian
positions in the Federal Government that are not specifically excepted from the civil
service laws by Statute, by the President, or by the Office of
Personnel Management and are not in the Senior Executive Service
(SES). It includes primarily positions in the executive branch of the Government.
A competitive position is a position in the competitive service. Positions that would
ordinarily be in the competitive service are in the excepted service while they are
occupied by someone who was appointed under an excepted appointing authority that applies
to positions "when filled by" particular individuals. For example, the Schedule
"A" authority for appointment of the physically disabled, or the appointment of
a veteran under the Veterans Readjustment Authority.
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Competitive status is an employee's basic
eligibility for noncompetitive assignment (e.g., by transfer, promotion, reassignment,
demotion, or reinstatement) to a position in the competitive service without having to
compete with members of the general public in an open competitive examination. Competitive
status belongs to an employee, not to a position. A person on a career or
career-conditional appointment acquires competitive status upon satisfactory completion of
a probationary period. It may also be granted by statute, Executive Order, or the civil
service rules without competitive examination, for example, former overseas employees.
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