[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1.2]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 1--COVERAGE AND DEFINITIONS (RULE I)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 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 Office of Personnel 
Management (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as OPM) under 
Sec. 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. OPM is authorized and directed to 
determine finally whether a position is in the competitive service.