Excepted Service; Consolidated Listing of Schedules A, B, and C Exceptions, 35038-35068 [E9-16743]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Excepted Service; Consolidated Listing of Schedules A, B, and C 
Exceptions

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted 
under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 2008, as required by Civil 
Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenda Haendschke, Acting Group 
Manager, Executive Resources Services Group, (202) 606-2246.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Civil Service Rule VI (5 CFR 6.1) requires 
the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish notice of all 
exceptions granted under Schedules A, B, and C. Title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations, 213.103(c), further requires that a consolidated 
listing, current as of June 30 of each year, be published annually as a 
notice in the Federal Register. Agencies will notice the change in 
format of this notice from previous editions. The format has changed 
because it is not appropriate to set out what appears to be regulatory 
text in a notice document and therefore references to specific sections 
of the Code of Federal Regulations have been removed. The notice that 
follows is a summary of all Schedule A, B, and C excepted authorities. 
OPM maintains continuing information on the status of all Schedule A, 
B, and C excepted appointing authorities. Some of these exceptions are 
codified in the Code of Federal Regulations at 5 CFR, part 213, while 
others are not. We have identified those authorities below which are 
codified and those which are not. We remind agencies to consult the CFR 
before using these governmentwide authorities. Agencies are also 
reminded to consult your agency headquarters before using any agency-
specific authority. Additionally, the authorities are subject to the 
provisions of 5 CFR, part 302 unless specifically exempted from those 
procedures. Interested parties needing information about specific 
authorities during the year may obtain information by writing to the 
Executive Resources Services Group, Center for Performance Management 
Systems and Evaluation, Human Capital Leadership and Merit System 
Accountability Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 
NW., Room 7425, Washington, DC 20415, or by calling (202) 606-2246.
    The following listing summarizes the Schedule A excepted 
authorities that are authorized for Governmentwide use. These 
authorities are codified at 5 CFR part 213. These excepted authorities 
are current as of June 30, 2008. Please consult the CFR to read the 
full authority.

Schedule A

    The following are Schedule A authorities that are authorized for 
use by the entire Executive Civil Service:
    1. Positions of Chaplain and Chaplain's Assistant.
    2. Positions to which appointments are made by the President 
without confirmation by the Senate.
    3. Attorneys.
    4. Law clerk trainee positions.
    5. Temporary and less-than-full-time positions for which examining 
is impracticable. These are: Positions in remote/isolated locations 
where examination is impracticable; positions for which a critical 
hiring need exists; and other positions that OPM may determine are 
impracticable to examine.
    6. Positions filled by current or former Federal employees eligible 
for placement under special statutory provisions.
    7. Positions without compensation, provided appointments thereto 
meet the requirements of applicable laws relating to compensation.
    8. Positions requiring the temporary or intermittent employment of 
professional, scientific, and technical experts for consultation 
purposes.
    9. Any local physician, surgeon, or dentist employed under contract 
or on a part-time or fee basis.
    10. Positions of a scientific, professional or analytical nature 
when filled by bona fide members of the faculty of an accredited 
college or university who have special qualifications for the positions 
to which appointed.
    11. Positions established in support of fellowship and similar 
programs that are filled from limited applicant pools and operate under 
specific criteria developed by the employing agency and/or a non-
Federal organization.
    12. Positions with compensation fixed under 5 U.S.C. 5351-5356 when 
filled by student-employees assigned or attached to Government 
hospitals, clinics or medical or dental laboratories.
    13. Appointment of Persons with Mental Retardation, Severe Physical 
Disabilities, or Psychiatric Disabilities.
    14. Positions for which a local recruiting shortage exists when 
filled by inmates of Federal, District of Columbia, and State 
(including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) penal 
and correctional institutions under work-release programs authorized by 
the Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1965, the District of Columbia Work 
Release Act, or under work-release programs authorized by the States.
    15. Not to exceed 30 positions of assistants to top-level Federal 
officials when filled by persons designated by the President as White 
House Fellows.
    16. Scientific and professional research associate positions at GS-
11 and above when filled on a temporary basis by persons having a 
doctoral degree in an appropriate field of study for research 
activities of mutual interest to appointees and their agencies.
    17. Positions when filled by aliens in the absence of qualified 
citizens.
    18. Not to exceed 24 positions when filled in accordance with an 
agreement between OPM and the Department of Justice by persons in 
programs administered by the Attorney General of the United States 
under Public Law 91-452 and related statutes.
    19. Positions of Fellows in the Presidential Management Fellows 
Program.
    20. Positions of Senior Fellows in the Presidential Management 
Fellows Program.
    21. Positions as needed of readers for blind employees, 
interpreters for deaf employees and personal assistants for handicapped 
employees.
    22. Positions on the staffs of temporary organizations, as defined 
in 5 U.S.C. 3161(a).
    The following summary of Schedule A exceptions, current as of June 
30, 2008, are agency-specific and are not codified in the Code of 
Federal Regulations. Agencies should consult with their headquarters to 
read the full authority.

23. Executive Office of the President

    Office of Administration--Not to exceed 75 positions to provide 
administrative services and support to the White House Office.
    Office of Management and Budget--Not to exceed 15 positions at 
grades GS-5/15.
    Council on Environmental Quality--Professional and technical 
positions in grades GS-9 through 15 on the staff of the Council.
    National Security Council--All positions on the staff of the 
Council.
    Office of Science and Technology Policy--Thirty positions of Senior 
Policy Analyst, GS-15; Policy Analyst, GS-11/14; and Policy Research

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Assistant, GS-9; for employment of anyone not to exceed 5 years on 
projects of a high priority nature.
    Office of National Drug Control Policy--Not to exceed 15 positions, 
GS-15 and below, of senior policy analysts and other personnel with 
expertise in drug-related issues and/or technical knowledge to aid in 
anti-drug abuse efforts.

24. Department of State

    Office of the Secretary--All positions, GS-15 and below, on the 
staff of the Family Liaison Office, Director General of the Foreign 
Service and the Director of Personnel, Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management.
    One position of Museum Curator (Arts), in the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Management, whose incumbent will serve as Director, 
Diplomatic Reception Rooms. No new appointments may be made after 
February 28, 1997.
    American Embassy, Paris, France--Chief, Travel and Visitor Unit. No 
new appointments may be made under this authority after August 10, 
1981.
    Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration--Not to exceed 10 
positions at grades GS-5 through 11 on the staff of the Bureau.
    Bureau of Administration--One Presidential Travel Officer. No new 
appointments may be made under this authority after June 11, 1981.
    One position as Director, Art in Embassies Program, GM-1001-15.
    Up to 250 time-limited positions within the Department of State in 
support of the June 2004 Economic Summit of Industrial Nations. No new 
appointments may be made under this authority after June 30, 2004.

25. Department of the Treasury

    Office of the Secretary--Not to exceed 20 positions at the 
equivalent of GS-13 through GS-17 to supplement permanent staff in the 
study of complex problems relating to international financial, 
economic, trade, and energy policies and programs of the Government, 
when filled by individuals with special qualifications for the 
particular study being undertaken.
    Not to exceed 20 positions, which will supplement permanent staff 
involved in the study and analysis of complex problems in the area of 
domestic economic and financial policy.
    Not to exceed 50 positions in the Office of the Under Secretary 
(Enforcement).
    U.S. Customs Service--Positions in foreign countries designated as 
``interpreter-translator'' and ``special employees'' when filled by 
appointment of persons who are not citizens of the United States; and 
messenger and janitor positions in foreign countries.
    Not to exceed 25 positions of Customs Patrol Officers in the Papago 
Indian Agency in the State of Arizona when filled by the appointment of 
persons of one-fourth or more Indian blood.
    Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)--All positions in the 
supervision policy and supervision operations functions of OTS. No new 
appointments may be made under this authority after December 31, 1993.
    Internal Revenue Service--Twenty positions of investigator for 
special assignments.
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms--One hundred positions of 
criminal investigator for special assignments. One non-permanent Senior 
Level (SL) Criminal Investigator to serve as a senior advisor to the 
Assistant Director (Firearms, Explosives, and Arson).

26. Department of Defense (DOD)

    Office of the Secretary--One Executive Secretary, US-USSR Standing 
Consultative Commission and Staff Analyst (SALT), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs).
    Entire Department (including the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force)--Professional 
positions in Military Dependent School Systems overseas.
    Positions in attache 1 systems overseas, including all professional 
and scientific positions in the Naval Research Branch Office in London.
    Positions of clerk-translator, translator, and interpreter 
overseas; positions of Educational Specialist the incumbents of which 
will serve as Director of Religious Education on the staffs of the 
chaplains in the military services.
    Positions under the program for utilization of alien scientists, 
approved under pertinent directives administered by the Director of 
Defense Research and Engineering of the Department of Defense, when 
occupied by alien scientists initially employed under the program 
including those who have acquired United States citizenship during such 
employment.
    Positions in overseas installations of the DOD when filled by 
dependents of military or civilian employees of the U.S. Government 
residing in the area.
    Twenty secretarial and staff support positions at GS-12 or below on 
the White House Support Group.
    Positions in DOD research and development activities occupied by 
participants in the DOD Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program 
for High School Students.
    Positions engaged in the reconstruction of Iraq for hiring non-U.S. 
citizens when there is a severe shortage of candidates with U.S. 
citizenship. This authority is limited to appointments made on or 
before July 1, 2004, and is subject to any restrictions set forth in 
the Department of Defense FY 2002 Appropriations Act.
    Temporary or time-limited positions in direct support of U.S. 
Government efforts to rebuild and create an independent, free and 
secure Iraq and Afghanistan, when no other appropriate appointing 
authority applies. Positions will generally be located in Iraq or 
Afghanistan, but may be in other locations, including the United 
States, when directly supporting operations in Iraq or in Afghanistan. 
No new appointments may be made under this authority after March 31, 
2009.
    General--Positions concerned with advising, administering, 
supervising, or performing work in the collection, processing, 
analysis, production, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, and 
estimation of intelligence information, including scientific and 
technical positions in the intelligence function; and positions 
involved in the planning, programming, and management of intelligence 
resources when, in the opinion of OPM, it is impracticable to examine. 
This authority does not apply to positions assigned to cryptologic and 
communications intelligence activities/functions.
    Positions involved in intelligence-related work of the cryptologic 
intelligence activities of the military departments. This includes all 
positions of intelligence research specialist, and similar positions in 
the intelligence classification series; all scientific and technical 
positions involving the applications of engineering, physical or 
technical sciences to intelligence work; and professional as well as 
intelligence technician positions in which a majority of the 
incumbent's time is spent in advising, administering, supervising, or 
performing work in the collection, processing, analysis, production, 
evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, and estimation of 
intelligence information or in the planning, programming, and 
management of intelligence resources.
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences--Positions of 
President, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Deans, Deputy 
Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Assistants to the President, 
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the Vice Presidents, Assistants to the Deans, Professors, Associate 
Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, Visiting Scientists, 
Research Associates, Senior Research Associates, and Postdoctoral 
Fellows, and positions established to perform work on projects funded 
from grants.
    National Defense University--Not to exceed 16 positions of senior 
policy analyst, GS-15, at the Strategic Concepts Development Center.
    Defense Communications Agency--Not to exceed 10 positions at grades 
GS-10/15 to staff and support the Crisis Management Center at the White 
House.
    Defense Acquisitions University--The Provost and professors.
    George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, 
Germany--The Director, Deputy Director, and positions of professor, 
instructor, and lecturer at the George C. Marshall European Center for 
Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany.
    Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii--The 
Director, Deputy Director, Dean of Academics, Director of College, 
deputy department chairs, and senior positions of professor, associate 
professor, and research fellow within the Asia Pacific Center.
    Business Transformation Agency--Fifty temporary or time-limited 
(not to exceed four years) positions, at grades GS-11-15. The authority 
will be used to appoint persons in the following series: Management and 
Program Analysis, GS-343: Logistics Management, GS-346; Financial 
Management Programs, GS-501; Accounting, GS-510; Computer Engineering, 
GS-854; Business and Industry, GS-1101; Operations Research, GS-1515; 
Computer Science, GS-1550; General Supply, GS-2001; Supply Program 
Management, GS-2003; Inventory Management, GS-2010; and Information 
Technology, GS-2210.

27. Department of the Army

    U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York--Civilian professors, 
instructors, teachers (except teachers at the Children's School), Cadet 
Social Activities Coordinator, Chapel Organist and Choir-Master, 
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Associate Director of 
Intercollegiate Athletics, coaches, Facility Manager, Building Manager, 
three Physical Therapists (Athletic Trainers), Associate Director of 
Admissions for Plans and Programs, Deputy Director of Alumni Affairs; 
and librarian when filled by an officer of the Regular Army retired 
from active service, and the military secretary to the Superintendent 
when filled by a U.S. Military Academy graduate retired as a regular 
commissioned officer for disability.
    Defense Language Institute--All positions (professors, instructors, 
lecturers) which require proficiency in a foreign language or knowledge 
of foreign language teaching methods.
    Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA--Positions of professor, 
instructor, or lecturer associated with courses of instruction of at 
least 10 months duration for employment not to exceed 5 years, which 
may be renewed in 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-year increments indefinitely 
thereafter.
    U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School, Fort Monmouth, New 
Jersey--Positions of academic director, department head, and 
instructor.
    U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, 
Kansas--Positions of professor, associate professor, assistant 
professor, and instructor associated with courses of instruction of at 
least 10 months duration, for employment not to exceed up to 5 years, 
which may be renewed in 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-year increments 
indefinitely thereafter.

28. Department of the Navy

    General--Marine positions assigned to a coastal or seagoing vessel 
operated by a naval activity for research or training purposes. All 
positions necessary for the administration and maintenance of the 
official residence of the Vice President.
    Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School, and Naval War College--
Professors, instructors, and teachers; the Director of Academic 
Planning, Naval Postgraduate School; and the Librarian, Organist-
Choirmaster, Registrar, the Dean of Admissions, and social counselors 
at the Naval Academy.
    Chief of Naval Operations--One position at grade GS-12 or above 
that will provide technical, managerial, or administrative support on 
highly classified functions to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations 
(Plans, Policy, and Operations).
    Military Sealift Command--All positions on vessels operated by the 
Military Sealift Command.
    Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii--All 
positions. This authority applies only to positions that must be filled 
pending final decision on contracting of facility operations. No new 
appointments may be made under this authority after July 29, 1988.
    Office of Naval Research--Scientific and technical positions, GS-
13/15, in the Office of Naval Research International Field Office which 
covers satellite offices within the Far East, Africa, Europe, Latin 
America, and the South Pacific. Positions are to be filled by personnel 
having specialized experience in scientific and/or technical 
disciplines of current interest to the Department of the Navy.

29. Department of the Air Force

    Office of the Secretary--One special assistant in the Office of the 
Secretary of the Air Force. This position has advisory rather than 
operating duties except as operating or administrative responsibilities 
may be exercised in connection with the pilot studies.
    General--Professional, technical, managerial and administrative 
positions supporting space activities, when approved by the Secretary 
of the Air Force.
    One hundred eighty positions, serviced by Hill Air Force Base, 
Utah, engaged in interdepartmental activities in support of national 
defense projects involving scientific and technical evaluations.
    Norton and McClellan Air Force Bases, California--Not to exceed 20 
professional positions, GS-11 through GS-15, in Detachments 6 and 51, 
SM-ALC, Norton and McClellan Air Force Bases, California, which will 
provide logistic support management to specialized research and 
development projects.
    U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado--Positions of Professor, Associate 
Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor, in the Dean of Faculty, 
Commandant of Cadets, Director of Athletics, and Preparatory School of 
the United States Air Force Academy.
    Air Force Office of Special Investigations--Positions of Criminal 
Investigators/Intelligence Research Specialists, GS-5 through GS-15, in 
the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio--Not to exceed eight 
positions, GS-12 through 15, in Headquarters Air Force Logistics 
Command, DCS Material Management, Office of Special Activities, Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, which will provide logistic support 
management staff guidance to classified research and development 
projects.
    Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama--Positions of 
Professor, Instructor, or Lecturer.
    Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 
Ohio--Civilian deans and professors.
    Air Force Logistics Command--One Supervisory Logistics Management 
Specialist, GM-346-14, in Detachment 2, 2762 Logistics Management 
Squadron (Special), Greenville, Texas.

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    2762nd Logistics Squadron (Special)--One position of Supervisory 
Logistics Management Specialist, GS-346-15, in the 2762nd Logistics 
Squadron (Special), at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
    Air National Guard Readiness Center--One position of Commander, Air 
National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

30. Department of Justice

    General--Deputy U.S. Marshals employed on an hourly basis for 
intermittent service. Positions at GS-15 and below on the staff of an 
office of a special counsel.
    Positions of Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager 
supporting the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance 
Program in foreign countries.
    Immigration and Naturalization Service--Not to exceed 500 positions 
of interpreters and language specialists, GS-1040-5/9.
    Not to exceed 25 positions, GS-15 and below, with proficiency in 
speaking, reading, and writing the Russian language and serving in the 
Soviet Refugee Processing Program with permanent duty location in 
Moscow, Russia.
    Drug Enforcement Administration--Four hundred positions of 
Intelligence Research Agent and/or Intelligence Operation Specialist in 
the GS-132 series, grades GS-9 through GS-15. Not to exceed 200 
positions of Criminal Investigator (Special Agent). New appointments 
may be made under this authority only at grades GS-7/11.
    National Drug Intelligence Center--All positions.

31. Department of Homeland Security

    Up to 50 positions at the GS-5 through 15 grade levels at the 
Department of Homeland Security. No new appointments may be made under 
this authority after September 30, 2005.
    Ten positions for oversight policy and direction of sensitive law 
enforcement activities. Up to 15 Senior Level and General Schedule (or 
equivalent) positions within the Homeland Security Labor Relations 
Board and the Homeland Security Mandatory Removal Board.

32. Department of the Interior

    General--Technical, maintenance, and clerical positions at or below 
grades GS-7, WG-10, or equivalent, in the field service of the 
Department of the Interior, when filled by the appointment of persons 
who are certified as maintaining a permanent and exclusive residence 
within, or contiguous to, a field activity or district, and as being 
dependent for livelihood primarily upon employment available within the 
field activity of the Department.
    All positions on Government-owned ships or vessels operated by the 
Department of the Interior. Temporary or seasonal caretakers at 
temporarily closed camps or improved areas to maintain grounds, 
buildings, or other structures and prevent damages or theft of 
Government property. Such appointments shall not extend beyond 130 
working days a year without the prior approval of OPM.
    Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal field assistants at GS-7, or 
its equivalent, and below in such areas as forestry, range management, 
soils, engineering, fishery and wildlife management, and with surveying 
parties.
    Temporary positions established in the field service of the 
Department for emergency forest and range fire prevention or 
suppression and blister rust control for not to exceed 180 working days 
a year: Provided, that an employee may work as many as 220 working days 
a year when employment beyond 180 days is required to cope with 
extended fire seasons or sudden emergencies such as fire, flood, storm, 
or other unforeseen situations involving potential loss of life or 
property.
    Persons employed in field positions, the work of which is financed 
jointly by the Department of the Interior and cooperating persons or 
organizations outside the Federal service.
    All positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other positions 
in the Department of the Interior directly and primarily related to 
providing services to Indians when filled by the appointment of 
Indians. The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for defining the 
term ``Indian.''
    Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal positions at GS-7 or below in 
Alaska, as follows: Positions in nonprofessional mining activities, 
such as those of drillers, miners, caterpillar operators, and samplers. 
Employment under this authority shall not exceed 180 working days a 
year and shall be appropriate only when the activity is carried on in a 
remote or isolated area and there is a shortage of available candidates 
for the positions.
    Temporary, part-time, or intermittent employment of mechanics, 
skilled laborers, equipment operators and tradesmen on construction, 
repair, or maintenance work not to exceed 180 working days a year in 
Alaska, when the activity is carried on in a remote or isolated area 
and there is a shortage of available candidates for the positions.
    Seasonal airplane pilots and airplane mechanics in Alaska, not to 
exceed 180 working days a year.
    Temporary staff positions in the Youth Conservation Corps Centers 
operated by the Department of the Interior. Employment under this 
authority shall not exceed 11 weeks a year except with prior approval 
of OPM.
    Positions in the Youth Conservation Corps for which pay is fixed at 
the Federal minimum wage rate. Employment under this authority may not 
exceed 10 weeks.
    Indian Arts and Crafts Board--The Executive Director.
    Office of the Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International 
Affairs--Not to exceed four positions of Territorial Management 
Interns, grades GS-5, GS-7, or GS-9, when filled by territorial 
residents who are U.S. citizens from the Virgin Islands or Guam; U.S. 
nationals from American Samoa; or in the case of the Northern Marianas, 
will become U.S. citizens upon termination of the U.S. trusteeship. 
Employment under this authority may not exceed 6 months. Special 
Assistants to the Governor of American Samoa who perform specialized 
administrative, professional, technical, and scientific duties as 
members of his or her immediate staff.
    National Park Service--Positions established for the administration 
of Kalaupapa National Historic Park, Molokai, Hawaii, when filled by 
appointment of qualified patients and Native Hawaiians, as provided by 
Public Law 95-565.
    Seven full-time permanent and 31 temporary, part-time, or 
intermittent positions in the Redwood National Park, California, which 
are needed for rehabilitation of the park, as provided by Public Law 
95-250.
    One Special Representative of the Director.
    All positions in the Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, 
when filled by the appointment of recognized members of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe.
    Bureau of Reclamation--Appraisers and examiners employed on a 
temporary, intermittent, or part-time basis on special valuation or 
prospective-entrymen-review projects where knowledge of local values on 
conditions or other specialized qualifications not possessed by regular 
Bureau employees are required for successful results. Employment under 
this provision shall not exceed 130 working days a year in any 
individual case: Provided, that such employment may, with prior 
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extended for not to exceed an additional 50 working days in any single 
year.
    Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Territorial Affairs--
Positions of Territorial Management Interns, GS-5, when filled by 
persons selected by the Government of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands. No appointment may extend beyond 1 year.

33. Department of Agriculture

    General--Agents employed in field positions the work of which is 
financed jointly by the Department and cooperating persons, 
organizations, or governmental agencies outside the Federal service. 
Except for positions for which selection is jointly made by the 
Department and the cooperating organization, this authority is not 
applicable to positions in the Agricultural Research Service or the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service. This authority is not 
applicable to the following positions in the Agricultural Marketing 
Service: Agricultural commodity grader (grain) and (meat), (poultry), 
and (dairy), agricultural commodity aid (grain), and tobacco inspection 
positions.
    Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal employment in the field 
service of the Department in positions at and below GS-7 and WG-10 in 
the following types of positions: Field assistants for sub professional 
services; agricultural helpers, helper-leaders, and workers in the 
Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service; and subject to prior OPM approval granted in the 
calendar year in which the appointment is to be made, other clerical, 
trades, crafts, and manual labor positions. Total employment under this 
subparagraph may not exceed 180 working days in a service year: 
Provided, that an employee may work as many as 220 working days in a 
service year when employment beyond 180 days is required to cope with 
extended fire seasons or sudden emergencies such as fire, flood, storm, 
or other unforeseen situations involving potential loss of life or 
property. This paragraph does not cover trades, crafts, and manual 
labor positions covered by paragraph (i) of Sec. 213.3102 or positions 
within the Forest Service.
    Farm Service Agency--Members of State Committees: Provided, that 
employment under this authority shall be limited to temporary 
intermittent (WAE) positions whose principal duties involve 
administering farm programs within the State consistent with 
legislative and Departmental requirements and reviewing national 
procedures and policies for adaptation at State and local levels within 
established parameters. Individual appointments under this authority 
are for 1 year and may be extended only by the Secretary of Agriculture 
or his designee. Members of State Committees serve at the pleasure of 
the Secretary.
    Rural Development--County committeemen to consider, recommend, and 
advise with respect to the Rural Development program.
    Professional and clerical positions in the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands when occupied by indigenous residents of the Territory 
to provide financial assistance pursuant to current authorizing 
statutes.
    Agricultural Marketing Service:
    Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural Commodity 
Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aids at grades GS-9 and below 
in the tobacco, dairy, and poultry commodities; Meat Acceptance 
Specialists, GS-11 and below; Clerks, Office Automation Clerks, and 
Computer Clerks at GS-5 and below; Clerk-Typists at grades GS-4 and 
below; and Laborers under the Wage System. Employment under this 
authority is limited to either 1,280 hours or 180 days in a service 
year.
    Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural Commodity 
Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aids at grades GS-11 and below 
in the cotton, raisin, and processed fruit and vegetable commodities 
and the following positions in support of these commodities: Clerks, 
Office Automation Clerks, and Computer Clerks and Operators at GS-5 and 
below; Clerk-Typists at grades GS-4 and below; and, under the Federal 
Wage System, High Volume Instrumentation (HVI) Operators and HVI 
Operator Leaders at WG/WL-2 and below, respectively, Instrument 
Mechanics/Workers/Helpers at WG-10 and below, and Laborers. Employment 
under this authority may not exceed 180 days in a service year. In 
unforeseen situations such as bad weather or crop conditions, 
unanticipated plant demands, or increased imports, employees may work 
up to 240 days in a service year. Cotton Agricultural Commodity 
Graders, GS-5, may be employed as trainees for the first appointment 
for an initial period of 6 months for training without regard to the 
service year limitation.
    Milk Market Administrators.
    All positions on the staffs of the Milk Market Administrators.
    Food Safety and Inspection Service--Positions of Meat and Poultry 
Inspectors (Veterinarians at GS-11 and below and non-Veterinarians at 
appropriate grades below GS-11) for employment on a temporary, 
intermittent, or seasonal basis, not to exceed 1,280 hours a year.
    Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--One 
hundred and fifty positions of Agricultural Commodity Aid (Grain), GS-
2/4; 100 positions of Agricultural Commodity Technician (Grain), GS-4/
7; and 60 positions of Agricultural Commodity Grader (Grain), GS-5/9, 
for temporary employment on a part-time, intermittent, or seasonal 
basis not to exceed 1,280 hours in a service year.
    Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization 
Corporation--Executive Director.

34. Department of Commerce

    General--Not to exceed 50 scientific and technical positions whose 
duties are performed primarily in the Antarctic. Incumbents of these 
positions may be stationed in the continental United States for periods 
of orientation, training, analysis of data, and report writing.
    Bureau of the Census--Managers, supervisors, technicians, clerks, 
interviewers, and enumerators in the field service, for time-limited 
employment to conduct a census. Current Program Interviewers employed 
in the field service.
    Office of the Under Secretary for International Trade:
    Fifteen positions at GS-12 and above in specialized fields relating 
to international trade or commerce in units under the jurisdiction of 
the Under Secretary for International Trade.
    Incumbents will be assigned to advisory rather than to operating 
duties, except as operating and administrative responsibility may be 
required for the conduct of pilot studies or special projects. Not to 
exceed 15 positions in grades GS-12 through GS-15, to be filled by 
persons qualified as industrial or marketing specialists; who possess 
specialized knowledge and experience in industrial production, 
industrial operations and related problems, market structure and 
trends, retail and wholesale trade practices, distribution channels and 
costs, or business financing and credit procedures applicable to one or 
more of the current segments of U.S. industry served by the Under 
Secretary for International Trade, and the subordinate components of 
his organization which are involved in Domestic Business matters.
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
    All civilian positions on vessels operated by the National Ocean 
Service.
    Temporary positions required in connection with the surveying 
operations of the field service of the

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National Ocean Service. Appointment to such positions shall not exceed 
8 months in any 1 calendar year.
    National Telecommunication and Information Administration--Thirty-
eight professional positions in grades GS-13 through GS-15.

35. Department of Labor

    Office of the Secretary--Chairman and five members, Employees' 
Compensation Appeals Board. Chairman and eight members, Benefits Review 
Board.
    Employment and Training Administration--Not to exceed 10 positions 
of Supervisory Manpower Development Specialist and Manpower Development 
Specialist, GS-7/15, in the Division of Indian and Native American 
Programs, when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or 
more Indian blood. These positions require direct contact with Indian 
tribes and communities for the development and administration of 
comprehensive employment and training programs.

36. Department of Health and Human Services

    General--Intermittent positions, at GS-15 and below and WG-10 and 
below, on teams under the National Disaster Medical System including 
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams and specialty teams, to respond to 
disasters, emergencies, and incidents/events involving medical, 
mortuary and public health needs.
    Public Health Service:
    Positions at Government sanatoria when filled by patients during 
treatment or convalescence. Positions concerned with problems in 
preventive medicine financed or participated in by the Department of 
Health and Human Services and a cooperating State, county, 
municipality, incorporated organization, or an individual in which at 
least one-half of the expense is contributed by the participating 
agency either in salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other 
necessary elements in the carrying on of the work.
    Not to exceed 50 positions associated with health screening 
programs for refugees.
    All positions in the Public Health Service and other positions in 
the Department of Health and Human Services directly and primarily 
related to providing services to Indians when filled by the appointment 
of Indians. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is responsible 
for defining the term ``Indian.''
    Health care positions of the National Health Service Corps for 
employment of any one individual not to exceed 4 years of service in 
health manpower shortage areas. Not to exceed 200 staff positions, GS-
15 and below, in the Immigration Health Service, for an emergency staff 
to provide health related services to foreign entrants.
    The President's Council on Physical Fitness--Four staff assistants.

37. Department of Education

    Positions concerned with problems in education financed and 
participated in by the Department of Education and a cooperating State 
educational agency, or university or college, in which there is joint 
responsibility for selection and supervision of employees, and at least 
one-half of the expense is contributed by the cooperating agency in 
salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other necessary elements 
in the carrying on of the work.

38. Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

    All positions.

39. Department of Veterans Affairs

    Construction Division--Temporary construction workers paid from 
``purchase and hire'' funds and appointed for not to exceed the 
duration of a construction project.
    Alcoholism Treatment Units and Drug Dependence Treatment Centers--
Not to exceed 400 positions of rehabilitation counselors, GS-3 through 
GS-11, in Alcoholism Treatment Units and Drug Dependence Treatment 
Centers, when filled by former patients.
    Board of Veterans' Appeals:
    Positions, GS-15, when filled by a member of the Board. Except as 
provided by section 201(d) of Public Law 100-687, appointments under 
this authority shall be for a term of 9 years, and may be renewed.
    Positions, GS-15, when filled by a non-member of the Board who is 
awaiting Presidential approval for appointment as a Board member.
    Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Counseling Service--Not to exceed 
600 positions at grades GS-3 through GS-11, involved in the 
Department's Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Counseling Service.

40. Small Business Administration

    When the President under 42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g, the Secretary of 
Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 1961, or the Small Business Administration 
under 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) declares an area to be a disaster area, 
positions filled by time-limited appointment of employees to make and 
administer disaster loans in the area under the Small Business Act, as 
amended. Service under this authority may not exceed 4 years, and no 
more than 2 years may be spent on a single disaster. Exception to this 
time limit may only be made with prior Office of Personnel Management 
approval. Appointments under this authority may not be used to extend 
the 2-year service limit contained in paragraph (b) below. No one may 
be appointed under this authority to positions engaged in long-term 
maintenance of loan portfolios.
    When the President under 42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g, the Secretary of 
Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 1961, or the Small Business Administration 
under 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) declares an area to be a disaster area, 
positions filled by time-limited appointment of employees to make and 
administer disaster loans in that area under the Small Business Act, as 
amended. No one may serve under this authority for more than an 
aggregate of 2 years without a break in service of at least 6 months. 
Persons who have had more than 2 years of service under paragraph (a) 
of this section must have a break in service of at least 8 months 
following such service before appointment under this authority. No one 
may be appointed under this authority to positions engaged in long-term 
maintenance of loan portfolios.

41. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Temporary positions located at closed banks or savings and loan 
institutions that are concerned with liquidating the assets of the 
institutions, liquidating loans to the institutions, or paying the 
depositors of closed insured institutions.

42. U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

    Positions when filled by member-residents of the Home.

43. Selective Service System

    State Directors.

44. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    One hundred and fifty alien scientists having special 
qualifications in the fields of aeronautical and space research where 
such employment is deemed by the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration to be necessary in the public 
interest.

45. Social Security Administration

    Six positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district 
offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of Arizona 
when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or more Indian 
blood.

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    Seven positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district 
offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of New 
Mexico when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or more 
Indian blood.
    Two positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district 
offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of Alaska 
when filled by the appointments of persons of one-fourth or more 
Alaskan Native blood (Eskimos, Indians, or Aleuts).

46. The President's Crime Prevention Council

    Up to 7 positions established in the President's Crime Prevention 
Council office created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994. No new appointments may be made under this authority after 
March 31, 1998.

47. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

    Seven positions of either Chemical Incident Investigators or 
Chemical Safety Recommendation Specialists, in the Office of 
Investigations and Safety Programs. No new appointments may be made 
under this authority after October 15, 2002, or until the seventh 
person (who was given an offer of employment on September 13, 2002, and 
is waiting a physical examination clearance) is appointed, whichever is 
later.

48. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of 
Columbia

    All positions, except for the Director, established to create the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of 
Columbia. No new appointments may be made under this authority after 
March 31, 2004.

49. Millennium Challenge Corporation

    Positions of Resident Country Directors and Deputy Resident Country 
Directors. The length of appointments will correspond to the length or 
term of the compact agreements made between the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation (MCC) and the country in which MCC will work, plus one 
additional year to cover pre- and post-compact agreement related 
activities.

50. Smithsonian Institution

    All positions located in Panama which are part of or which support 
the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
    Positions at GS-15 and below in the National Museum of the American 
Indian requiring knowledge of, and experience in, tribal customs and 
culture. Such positions comprise approximately 10 percent of the 
Museum's positions and, generally, do not include secretarial, 
clerical, administrative, or program support positions.

51. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

    One Asian Studies Program Administrator, one International Security 
Studies Program Administrator, one Latin American Program 
Administrator, one Russian Studies Program Administrator, one West 
European Program Administrator, one Environmental Change & Security 
Studies Program Administrator, one United States Studies Program 
Administrator, two Social Science Program Administrators, and one 
Middle East Studies Program Administrator.

52. Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

    All positions in the Fund and positions created for the purpose of 
establishing the Fund's operations in accordance with the Community 
Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, except for 
any positions required by the Act to be filled by competitive 
appointment. No new appointments may be made under this authority after 
September 23, 1998.

53. Utah Reclamation and Conservation Commission

    Executive Director.

54. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

    National Endowment for the Arts--Artistic and related positions at 
grades GS-13 through GS-15 engaged in the review, evaluation and 
administration of applications and grants supporting the arts, related 
research and assessment, policy and program development, arts 
education, access programs and advocacy or evaluation of critical arts 
projects and outreach programs. Duties require artistic stature, in-
depth knowledge of arts disciplines and/or artistic-related leadership 
qualities.

55. African Development Foundation

    One Enterprise Development Fund Manager.

56. Office of Personnel Management

    Part-time and intermittent positions of test examiners at grades 
GS-8 and below.

57. Department of Transportation

    U.S. Coast Guard--Lamplighters.
    Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, 
Instructors, one Principal Librarian, one Cadet Hostess, and one 
Psychologist (Counseling) at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, 
Connecticut.
    Maritime Administration:
    All positions on Government-owned vessels or those bareboats 
chartered to the Government and operated by or for the Maritime 
Administration.
    U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, positions of: Professors, 
Instructors, and Teachers, including heads of Departments of Physical 
Education and Athletics, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, Maritime 
Law and Economics, Nautical Science, and Engineering; Coordinator of 
Shipboard Training; the Commandant of Midshipmen, the Assistant 
Commandant of Midshipmen; Director of Music; three Battalion Officers; 
three Regimental Affairs Officers; and one Training Administrator.
    U.S. Merchant Marine Academy positions of: Associate Dean; 
Registrar; Director of Admissions; Assistant Director of Admissions; 
Director, Office of External Affairs; Placement Officer; Administrative 
Librarian; Shipboard Training Assistant; three Academy Training 
Representatives; and one Education Program Assistant.

58. Federal Emergency Management Agency

    Field positions at grades GS-15 and below, or equivalent, which are 
engaged in work directly related to unique response efforts to 
environmental emergencies not covered by the Disaster Relief Act of 
1974, Public Law 93-288, as amended. Employment under this authority 
may not exceed 36 months on any single emergency. Persons may not be 
employed under this authority for long-term duties or for work not 
directly necessitated by the emergency response effort.
    Not to exceed 30 positions at grades GS-15 and below in the Offices 
of Executive Administration, General Counsel, Inspector General, 
Comptroller, Public Affairs, Personnel, Acquisition Management, and the 
State and Local Program and Support Directorate which are engaged in 
work directly related to unique response efforts to environmental 
emergencies not covered by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 
93-288, as amended. Employment under this authority may not exceed 36 
months on any single emergency, or for long-term duties or work not 
directly necessitated by the emergency response effort. No one may be 
reappointed under this authority for service in connection with a 
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emergency unless at least 6 months have elapsed since the individual's 
latest appointment under this authority.
    Not to exceed 350 professional and technical positions at grades 
GS-5 through GS-15, or equivalent, in Mobile Emergency Response Support 
Detachments (MERS).

59. Temporary Organizations

    Positions on the staffs of temporary organizations, as defined in 5 
U.S.C. 3161(a). Appointments may not exceed 3 years, but temporary 
organizations may extend the appointments for 2 additional years if the 
conditions for extension are related to the completion of the study or 
project.
    The following summary of Schedule B excepted authorities are 
authorized for Governmentwide use and are codified in 5 CFR part 213. 
Please consult 5 CFR, part 213 to read the full authority.

Schedule B

Entire Executive Civil Service

    1. Student Educational Employment Program--Student Temporary 
Employment Program.
    2. Student Educational Employment Program--Student Career 
Experience Program.
    3. Special executive development positions established in 
connection with Senior Executive Service candidate development programs 
which have been approved by OPM.
    4. Positions when filled under any of the following conditions:
    a. Appointment at grades GS-15 and above, or equivalent, in the 
same or a different agency without a break in service from a career 
appointment in the Senior Executive Service (SES) of an individual who 
has completed the SES probationary period; been removed from the SES 
because of less than fully successful executive performance, failure to 
be recertified, or a reduction in force; and is entitled to be placed 
in another civil service position under 5 U.S.C. 3594(b).
    b. Appointment in a different agency without a break in service of 
an individual originally appointed under this paragraph.
    c. Reassignment, promotion, or demotion within the same agency of 
an individual appointed under this authority.
    5. Positions when filled by preference eligibles or veterans who 
have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions 
after 3 years or more of continuous active service and who, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3304(f) (Pub. L. 105-339), applied for these 
positions under merit promotion procedures when applications were being 
accepted by the agency from individuals outside its own workforce. 
These veterans may be promoted, demoted, or reassigned, as appropriate, 
to other positions within the agency but would remain employed under 
this excepted authority as long as there is no break in service. No new 
appointments may be made under this authority after November 30, 1999.

6. The Federal Career Intern Program

    The following summary of Schedule B exceptions, current as of June 
30, 2008, are agency-specific and are not codified in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR). Agencies should consult with their 
headquarters to read the full authority.

7. Executive Office of the President

    Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations--
Seventeen positions of economist at grades GS-12 through GS-15.

8. Department of State

    One non-permanent senior level position to serve as Science and 
Technology Advisor to the Secretary.
    Fourteen positions on the household staff of the President's Guest 
House (Blair and Blair-Lee Houses).
    Scientific, professional, and technical positions at grades GS-12 
to GS-15 when filled by persons having special qualifications in 
foreign policy matters.

9. Department of the Treasury

    Positions of Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, Chief National 
Bank Examiner, Assistant Chief National Bank Examiner, Regional 
Administrator of National Banks, Deputy Regional Administrator of 
National Banks, Assistant to the Comptroller of the Currency, National 
Bank Examiner, Associate National Bank Examiner, and Assistant National 
Bank Examiner, whose salaries are paid from assessments against 
national banks and other financial institutions.
    Positions concerned with the protection of the life and safety of 
the President and members of his immediate family, or other persons for 
whom similar protective services are prescribed by law, when filled in 
accordance with special appointment procedures approved by OPM.
    Positions, grades GS-5 through 12, of Treasury Enforcement Agent in 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and Treasury Enforcement 
Agent, Pilot, Marine Enforcement Officer, and Aviation Enforcement 
Officer in the U.S. Customs Service. Service under this authority may 
not exceed 3 years and 120 days.

10. Department of Defense

    Office of the Secretary--Professional positions at GS-11 through 
GS-15 involving systems, costs, and economic analysis functions in the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary (Program Analysis and Evaluation); 
and in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Systems Policy and 
Information) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller).
    Four Net Assessment Analysts.
    Interdepartmental activities:
    Six positions to provide general administration, general art and 
information, photography, and/or visual information support to the 
White House Photographic Service.
    Eight positions, GS-15 or below, in the White House Military 
Office, providing support for airlift operations, special events, 
security, and/or administrative services to the Office of the 
President.
    National Defense University--Sixty-one positions of Professor, GS-
13/15, for employment of any one individual on an initial appointment 
not to exceed 3 years, which may be renewed in any increment from 1 to 
6 years indefinitely thereafter.
General
    One position of Law Enforcement Liaison Officer (Drugs), GS-301-15, 
U.S. European Command.
    Acquisition positions at grades GS-5 through GS-11, whose 
incumbents have successfully completed the required course of education 
as participants in the Department of Defense scholarship program 
authorized under 10 U.S.C. 1744.
    Office of the Inspector General--Positions of Criminal 
Investigator, GS-1811-5/15.
    Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, Fort McClellan, 
Alabama--One Director, GM-15.
    Defense Security Assistance Agency--All faculty members with 
instructor and research duties at the Defense Institute of Security 
Assistance Management, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.

11. Department of the Army

    U.S. Army Command and General Staff College--Seven positions of 
professors, instructors, and education specialists. Total employment of 
any individual under this authority may not exceed 4 years.

12. Department of the Navy

    Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London, Connecticut--One

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position of Oceanographer, grade GS-14, to function as project director 
and manager for research in the weapons systems applications of ocean 
eddies.
    Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia--All civilian faculty 
positions of professors, instructors, and teachers on the staff of the 
Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia.
    Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center--One 
Director and four Research Psychologists at the professor or GS-15 
level in the Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center.
    Marine Corps Command and Staff College--All civilian professor 
positions at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College.
    Executive Dining Facilities at the Pentagon--One position of Staff 
Assistant, GS-301, whose incumbent will manage the Navy's Executive 
Dining Facilities at the Pentagon.
    Bachelor Quarters Management Study--One position of Housing 
Management Specialist, GM-1173-14, involved with the Bachelor Quarters 
Management Study. No new appointments may be made under this authority 
after February 29, 1992.

13. Department of the Air Force

    Air Research Institute at the Air University, Maxwell Air Force 
Base, Alabama--Not to exceed four interdisciplinary positions for the 
Air Research Institute at the Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, 
Alabama, for employment to complete studies proposed by candidates and 
acceptable to the Air Force.
    Air University--Positions of Instructor or professional academic 
staff at the Air University associated with courses of instruction of 
varying durations, for employment not to exceed 3 years, which may be 
renewed for an indefinite period thereafter.
    U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado--One position of Director of 
Development and Alumni Programs, GS-301-13, with the U.S. Air Force 
Academy, Colorado.

14. Department of Justice

    Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) positions in the Drug 
Enforcement Administration. New appointments may be made under this 
authority only at grades GS-5 through 11. Service under the authority 
may not exceed 4 years. Appointments made under this authority may be 
converted to career or career-conditional appointments under the 
provisions of Executive Order 12230, subject to conditions agreed upon 
between the Department and OPM.
    Not to exceed 400 positions at grades GS-5 through 15 assigned to 
regional task forces established to conduct special investigations to 
combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Positions, other than 
secretarial, GS-6 through GS-15, requiring knowledge of the bankruptcy 
process, on the staff of the offices of United States Trustees or the 
Executive Office for U.S. Trustees.

15. Department of Agriculture

    Foreign Agricultural Service--Positions of a project nature 
involved in international technical assistance activities. Service 
under this authority may not exceed 5 years on a single project for any 
individual unless delayed completion of a project justifies an 
extension up to but not exceeding 2 years.
General
    Temporary positions of professional Research Scientists, GS-15 or 
below, in the Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service, 
and the Forest Service, when such positions are established to support 
the Research Associateship Program and are filled by persons having a 
doctoral degree in an appropriate field of study for research 
activities of mutual interest to appointees and the agency. 
Appointments are limited to proposals approved by the appropriate 
Administrator. Appointments may be made for initial periods not to 
exceed 2 years and may be extended for up to 2 additional years. 
Extensions beyond 4 years, up to a maximum of 2 additional years, may 
be granted, but only in very rare and unusual circumstances, as 
determined by the Human Resources Officer for the Research, Education, 
and Economics Mission Area, or the Human Resources Officer, Forest 
Service.
    Not to exceed 55 Executive Director positions, GM-301-14/15, with 
the State Rural Development Councils in support of the Presidential 
Rural Development Initiative.

16. Department of Commerce

    Bureau of the Census--Not to exceed 50 Community Services 
Specialist positions at the equivalent of GS-5 through GS-12.
    National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Not to 
exceed 10 positions of Telecommunications Policy Analysts, grades GS-11 
through 15.

17. Department of Labor

    Administrative Review Board--Chair and a maximum of four additional 
Members.
    Bureau of International Labor Affairs--Positions in the Office of 
Foreign Relations, which are paid by outside funding sources under 
contracts for specific international labor market technical assistance 
projects. Appointments under this authority may not be extended beyond 
the expiration date of the project.

18. Department of Education

    Seventy-five positions, not to exceed GS-13, of a professional or 
analytical nature when filled by persons, other than college faculty 
members or candidates working toward college degrees, who are 
participating in mid-career development programs authorized by Federal 
statute or regulation, or sponsored by private nonprofit organizations, 
when a period of work experience is a requirement for completion of an 
organized study program.
    Fifty positions, GS-7 through GS-11, concerned with advising on 
education policies, practices, and procedures under unusual and 
abnormal conditions. Persons employed under this provision must be bona 
fide elementary school and high school teachers.

19. Department of Veterans Affairs

    Not to exceed 800 principal investigatory, scientific, 
professional, and technical positions at grades GS-11 and above in the 
medical research program.
    Not to exceed 25 Criminal Investigator (Undercover) positions, GS-
1811, in grades 5 through 12, conducting undercover investigations in 
the Veterans Health Administration supervised by the VA, Office of 
Inspector General.

20. Broadcasting Board of Governors

    International Broadcasting Bureau--Not to exceed 200 positions at 
grades GS-15 and below in the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. Appointments 
may not be made under this authority to administrative, clerical, and 
technical support positions.

21. U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

    Director, Health Care Services; Director, Member Services; 
Director, Logistics; and Director, Plans and Programs.

22. National Archives and Records Administration

    Executive Director, National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission.

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23. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Not to exceed 40 positions of Command Pilot, Pilot, and Mission 
Specialist candidates at grades GS-7 through 15 in the Space Shuttle 
Astronaut program. Employment under this authority may not exceed 3 
years.

24. Social Security Administration

    Temporary and time-limited positions in the Ticket to Work and Work 
Incentives Advisory Panel. No employees may be appointed after November 
17, 2007.

25. Smithsonian Institution

    Freer Gallery of Art--Not to exceed four positions of Oriental Art 
Restoration Specialist at grades GS-9 through GS-15.

26. Appalachian Regional Commission

    Two Program Coordinators.

27. Armed Forces Retirement Home

    Naval Home, Gulfport, Mississippi--One Resource Management Officer 
position and one Public Works Officer position, GS/GM-15 and below.

28. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

    National Endowment for the Humanities--Professional positions at 
grades GS-11 through GS-15 engaged in the review, evaluation, and 
administration of grants supporting scholarship, education, and public 
programs in the humanities, the duties of which require in-depth 
knowledge of a discipline of the humanities.

29. Office of Personnel Management

    Not to exceed eight positions of Associate Director at the 
Executive Seminar Centers at grades GS-13 and GS-14. Appointments may 
be made for any period up to 3 years and may be extended without prior 
approval for any individual. Not more than half of the authorized 
faculty positions at any one Executive Seminar Center may be filled 
under this au