Excepted service
Excepted service means any position of the executive branch either excepted from the competitive service or which is not in the Senior Executive Service. (1) For the purposes of this part, excepted service does not include: (i) Any position in an element of the intelligence community as defined in the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, to the extent that the individual is not otherwise subject to OPM appointing authorities; (ii) Any position where OPM is statutorily precluded from prescribing such standards; and (iii) Any position when filled by political appointment. (2) Senior Executive Service noncareer, limited term, and limited emergency appointments are not subject to suitability actions under this part. (3) Excepted service does not mean any position excepted from the competitive service of the executive branch that could be noncompetitively converted to the competitive service.