NOTE: Title 5 of the United States Code was revised and enacted into positive law by Public Law 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966. New citations for obsolete references to sections of 5 U.S.C. appearing in this volume may be found in a redesignation table under title 5, Govern- CHAPTER I-CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SUBCHAPTER A-CIVIL SERVICE RULES Coverage and definitions (Rule I). Appointment through the competitive system (Rule II). Noncompetitive acquisition of status (Rule III). Prohibited practices (Rule IV). Regulations, investigation, and enforcement (Rule V). Exceptions from the competitive service (Rule VI). General provisions (Rule VII). Appointment to overseas positions (Rule VIII). Executive assignment system for positions in grades GS-16, 17, and 18 of the Career and career-conditional employment. Temporary and indefinite employment. Recruitment, selection, and placement (general). Recruitment and selection through competitive examination. Recruitment and selection for temporary and term appointments outside Temporary assignment of employees between executives agencies and States, 334 Part 900 930 990 Intergovernmental Personnel Act grant program. Programs for specific positions and examinations (miscellaneous). SUBCHAPTER C-REGULATIONS GOVERNING EMPLOYEES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 1001 Employee responsibilities and conduct. SUBCHAPTER A-CIVIL SERVICE RULES PART 1-COVERAGE AND DEFINITIONS (RULE 1) Sec. 1.1 Positions and employees affected by the rules in this subchapter. 1.2 Extent of the competitive service. 1.8 Definitions. 1.4 Extent of the excepted service. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 1 issued under 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 1 appear at 28 F.R. 10022, Sept. 14, 1963, unless otherwise noted. § 1.1 Positions and employees affected by the rules in this subchapter. The rules in this subchapter shall apply to all positions in the competitive service and to all incumbents of such positions. Except as expressly provided in the rule concerned, the rules in this subchapter shall not apply to positions and employees in the excepted service. $ 1.2 Extent of the competitive service. The competitive service shall include: (a) All civilian positions in the executive branch of the Government unless specifically excepted therefrom by or pursuant to statute or by the Civil Service Commission (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the Commission) under § 6.1 of this subchapter; and (b) all positions in the legislative and judicial branches of the Federal Government and in the Government of the District of Columbia which are specifically made subject to the civil service laws by statute. The Commission is authorized and directed to determine finally whether a position is in the competitive service. § 1.3 Definitions. As used in the rules in this subchapter: (a) "Competitive service" shall have the same meaning as the words “classifled service", or "classified (competitive) service", or "classified civil service" as defined in existing statutes and executive orders. (b) "Competitive position" shall mean a position in the competitive service. (c) "Competitive status" shall mean basic eligibility to be noncompetitively selected to fill a vacancy in a competitive position. A competitive status shall be acquired by career-conditional or career appointment through open competitive examination upon satisfactory completion of a probationary period, or may be granted by statute, executive order, or the Civil Service Rules without competitive examination. A person with competitive status may be promoted, transferred, reassigned, reinstated, or demoted without taking an open competitive examination, subject to the conditions prescribed by the Civil Service Rules and Regulations. (d) An employee shall be considered as being in the competitive service when he has a competitive status and occupies a competitive position unless he is serving under a temporary appointment: Provided, That an employee who is in the competitive service at the time his position is first listed under Schedule A, B, or C shall be considered as continuing in the competitive service as long as he continues to occupy such position. (e) "Tenure" shall mean the period of time an employee may reasonably expect to serve under his current appointment. Tenure shall be granted and governed by the type of appointment under which an employee is currently serving without regard to whether he has a competitive status or whether his appointment is to a competitive position or an excepted position. § 1.4 Extent of the excepted service. (a) The excepted service shall include all civilian positions in the executive |