[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
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.