Excepted service

Excepted service

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 system administered by the Office of Personnel Management. However, some agencies (and some positions within other agencies) are excluded from these provisions. Although they primarily operate on a merit basis also, they have their own hiring systems and evaluation criteria. These agencies are called excepted service agencies and such positions are part of the excepted civil service. The primary common denominator of many of these agencies and positions is that they have national security and/or intelligence functions, such as the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Attorney positions and Foreign Service positions in the civil service are examples of positions excepted across-the-board in all Federal agencies. Not all excepted service members serve in sensitive areas, for example, teachers and administrators at DOD overseas schools are also excepted.

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. For example, non-veteran employees in the excepted service are generally barred from appealing adverse agency personnel decisions to the United States Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) or to the Federal courts. Excepted service agencies have consistently claimed that they need the speed and flexibility afforded by being in the excepted service in order to perform their missions and maintain good order and discipline.

Legal definition

"From 5 U.S.C. § 2103:"

(a) For the purpose of this title, the excepted service consists of those civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service.

(b) As used in other Acts of the United States Congress, “unclassified civil service” or “unclassified service” means the “excepted service”.

Principal excepted agencies

*Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
*Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
*Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
*Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
*Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
*Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
*United States Secret Service - Uniformed Division (USSS)
*Federal Reserve Board
*Government Accountability Office (GAO)
*Military Sealift Command (MSC)
*National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
*National Security Agency (NSA)
*National Science Foundation (NSF)
*Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
*Peace Corps
*Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
*United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
*United States Postal Service (USPS)
*Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors
*United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
*Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
*United States Department of State
*U.S. Supreme Court, Personnel Office
*National Maritime Intelligence Center
*US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
*Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA)
*Naval Acquisition Career Center or Naval Acquisition Intern Program - NACC Interns also called NAIP interns
*National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA)


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