This publication contains data (as of September 30, 2004) on over 7,000
Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative
and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject
to noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions such as agency heads and
their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aides
who report to these officials). The duties of many such positions may involve
advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually
have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency
head or other key officials.
Following are the major categories of positions listed:
• Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates
established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;
• Senior Executive Service ‘‘General’’ positions;
• Senior Foreign Service positions;
• Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the President,
or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because
of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties.
• Other positions at the GS–14 and above level excepted from the competitive
civil service by law because of the confidential or policy-determining
nature of the position duties.
See Appendix 2 for more details on SES appointments and Appendix
3 for more details on Schedule C appointments.
Additional information on the positions listed and the Federal salary
schedules under which they are paid is provided in the appendices. The
Legend on the following page shows the codes and acronyms used in this
publication.
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