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MISCELLANEOUS
AUTHORITIES REGULATED BY OPM
Category
Authorities
Description
Career or Career-Conditional Appointment
Under Special Authorities
5
CFR Part 315, Subpart F
This
subpart contains noncompetitive appointing authorities
covering a variety of situations and individuals, such
as Peace Corps volunteers, former overseas employees,
and incumbents of positions brought into the competitive
service.
MISCELLANEOUS
AUTHORITIES NOT REGULATED BY OPM
Following is a list of other current appointing authorities
that are authorized by statute or court order. Because the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) does not regulate these
authorities, they are not listed in 5 CFR. This list contains
the most widely known authorities; others may exist.
Using these authorities, an agency may appoint an eligible individual
to any position for which the person meets the qualification
standard and other requirements governing appointment to the
competitive service, except they are not required to compete
in a competitive examination.
They are not required to compete with career and career-conditional
employees under internal merit staffing procedures unless an
agency's policies require them to do so. The agency must verify
applicant eligibility.
Category
Authorities
Description
Postal Career Service Employees
39 U.S.C. 1006
Permits appointment without a break of a
single day of an employee or officer of the Postal Career
Service (that is, one serving under appointment without
time limit). Based on agreement between the U.S. Office
of Personnel Management and the U.S. Postal Service, an
employee must have completed Postal probation (that is,
3 months on a substantially full-time basis, or 520 hours).
Postal Rate Commission Employees
39 U.S.C. 3604(e)
Permits appointment without a break in service of a single
day of an employee or officer of the Postal Rate Commission
serving under an appointment without time limit. Based on
agreement between U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
and the Postal Rate Commission, an employee must have completed
probation (one year) under Postal Rate Commission Career
Service appointment.
General Accounting Office (GAO) Employees
31 U.S.C. 732(g)
Permits appointment of a current or former General Accounting
Office (GAO) employee who has completed at least 1 year of
continuous service under a nontemporary appointment that
began on or after October 1, 1980.
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Employees
28 U.S.C. 602
Permits appointment of a current or former Administrative
Office of the U.S. Counts (AO) employee, except employees
appointed to a high level position under 28 U.S.C. 603 or
a position of a confidential or policy-determining nature.
An employee must have completed at least 1 year of continuous
service under
nontemporary AO appointment.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Employees
Pub. L. 103-317, section 115 (8/26/94)
Permits appointment of a person:- (1) Who on 8/26/94 was
serving in an appointed position (under other than a temporary
or term basis) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Criminal Justice Information Services Division (the Division)
that was to be relocated from Washington, DC, to Clarksburg,
West Virginia; (2) Whose last previous Federal employment
was with the Division; and (3) Who has not relocated with
the Division. Appointment eligibility is for 2 years after
separation from the Division.
