[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: 5CFR212.101] [Page 65] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 212_COMPETITIVE SERVICE AND COMPETITIVE STATUS--Table of Contents Subpart A_Competitive Service Sec. 212.101 Definitions. Subpart A_Competitive Service Sec. 212.101 Definitions. 212.102 Authority to make determinations. Subpart B [Reserved] Subpart C_Competitive Status 212.301 Competitive status defined. Subpart D_Effect of Competitive Status on Position 212.401 Effect of competitive status on position. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218. Source: 33 FR 12408, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted. In this chapter: (a) Competitive service has the meaning given that term by section 2102 of title 5, United States Code, and includes: (1) All civilian positions in the executive branch of the Federal Government not specifically excepted from the civil service laws by or pursuant to statute, by the President, or by the Office of Personnel Management, and not in the Senior Executive Service; and (2) All positions in the legislative and judicial branches of the Federal Government and in the government of the District of Columbia specifically made subject to the civil service laws by statute. (b) Competitive position means a position in the competitive service. (5 U.S.C. 2102) [33 FR 12408, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 45 FR 62413, Sept. 19, 1980]