OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: EMPLOYMENT IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Office Of Personnel Management has issued a proposed rule called: Employment in the Excepted Service.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 18 by Alexys Stanley, Federal Register Liaison.

Summary: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to amend its regulations governing the excepted service, Pathways Programs, and administrative law judge (ALJ) appointments. The proposed rule would conform OPM regulations to current excepted-service schedules, including Schedules E, Policy/Career, and G; modernize part 302 procedures while preserving veterans' preference, compensable-injury restoration rights, and other priority placement rights; authorize and clarify Pathways conversions to Sc...