STATUTORY EXCEPTIONS TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00530R000300490006-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 20
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 1, 1978
• Content Type: MISC

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'7E.I'N1(7i1FV;CW4`.'111 VIEWS OF THE. -.0,31. SERVICE 'COMMISSION ???.
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. This concluding section summuarizee the views of the Civil Service ).
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1,1,1 Basis for the Commission's Views ? ?.
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The--Comidission's views are tasid?'.on an evaluation of the, reasons pre-
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?i?sented by 'the reporting :agencies; ./the'!vi-ews are not .based-'on investi-
,V?rgittrolf-4ndi-evatuatieffrafersonne.1 polities and practices of the
..agencieti.? -We: do not nuestionitthe.-historical reasons . for the exciatioD.
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:',we 'do exam c.e:statemen a o ? sent c rcumstances in support. o each ? ?
cceptiotitov !n h8S madii no mpt-7to take into-.
;account'- aaministrative :convenience and other non-personnel- considera-
clone --.71Por 'these reasons,- the views are. .ubmTd not as legislat ve
"recommendations but as, technic.al?opinions? of the Commission. ? ??
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.tiatfien Malone. for Continnink Exceptions ????.:,.? ?
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Almost !no, agency wants to be deprived of the, freedom to act with ? a
minimum -of 'legislative or 'regulatory- control,' .expecially control that
isl.exercised! by. another agency'. 11.With but' few-exceptions, the agencies
i'?recommendedithat? their statutory exceptions. from the competitive service
be':cOntinued." ...This the Commission can understand. ,The Commission is
;i r1Jconcerned.: however,' over the' agencies' apparent .inabiTity to artiZUrra e
specificreasons for continuing-the statutory ons. , ?
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Many. of the i reasons for continuing the statutory exceptions from the
!:-? competitive? service were stated .in -vague and general terms. A' number
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of .7the. reasons-pertained to..exceptions from the classification and pay
.;-provisions'iof title 5, -or were . otherwise ?not?pertinent to .a. statutory
,exception:!froe the 1.aws! regulations - governing. examination, appoint-
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qt. livm?Forty4Our'ingimcietarliniiii' 4sked..".terfnubmit informs tinn on: statutory
'exceptions. Reports' were 'received from 43.! Three 'of these agencies
."reported no significint -stautOry exceptions (the Federal Deposit
.:?,1?0??,.:i?I'Insurannit'?CorporationPithatovernmetA 'Printing, Office,- ?and-the Rail-
? Yeli*;road-Retirement ? Board)"V. .One-?;egency?filed no? report (the Equal
Employm. ent Opportunity ? COammission). , ?
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ommission'does not considee.such reasons as,the source of fundi
ayment of employees, the overseaslocation'of a duty station, /2 ii.-719t,
tement that a written examination.iwinappropriate for a group,:.
sitions, or the need for.unexplained flexibility, for example, ,;;;24,11
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valid reasons for continuinean,exception. ?
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nmmisalon firmly believes that'thereare:few circumstances at';'".?
nt which require that an agency or'sroup'of,positions be excepted,'
the rules applied to Federal agenciespand'positions in'generale,n.?'
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ation of the Competitive Service''' ? o:.e...'.
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nmpetitive service is 'based on.thepublie!Anterest in the appli?. oi,
,t of merit.principles,of open competition'ifor Federal employment:
pplication of uniform qualification standards, and the selection ....., .
1 best qualified from among those for appointment, The :!;,,-' ".(''.;'.? . ? -?-.J.,;.; ''!..'f:fr . ?-? '? ':, '?? '?:. (;.;;I''j:.1:..; ?:,.. ,-., ,. ? /.. ,,,: . i ..???? .:, ? ,.;, , - ..
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titive service also provides for-equitable:treatment of employeell,
ire tenure, eligibility'for'transfer and reinstatement, and'! '.?'' ."..?, :?,7--- t, x; ?si-???0;?? ; ?-, ? ? .? 1 1 ' ??:.!-(...-.4.1, . ,ir...; i..,. , ,A.? : ? . 5 ,.. I .. - .... . , ; .... , :? ? f,. .,6 . ..
It or employees in adverse-action and reduction-in-force sittl "..:; ? ' "''((;:.f..t?!.% ? ' ? , ? ?? t ?,i. ''..1-?.? ''... ..,1 . .' T. .. .. . ,.. : , . 1 ? . "
..i.central,personnel-systemllii.i.,eolie,4dvantage.'For open competition
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