[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1.4]

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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. 1.4  Extent of the excepted service.

    (a) The excepted service shall include all civilian positions in the 
executive branch of the Government which are specifically excepted from 
the requirements of the Civil Service Act or from the competitive 
service by or pursuant to statute or by OPM under Sec. 6.1 of this 
subchapter.
    (b) Excepted service shall have the same meaning as the words 
``unclassified service'', or ``unclassified civil service'', or 
``positions outside the competitive civil service'' as used in existing 
statutes and executive orders.

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    (c) Excepted position shall have the same meaning as ``unclassified 
position'', or ``position excepted by law'', or ``position excepted by 
executive order'', or ``position excepted by Civil Service Rule'', or 
``position outside the competitive service'' as used in existing 
statutes and Executive orders.