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Types of Federal Employee Appointments:

• Competitive Service, Career
• Competitive Service, Career-Conditional
• Excepted Service
• Temporary (Time-Limited Appointment - not to exceed one year or less)
• Term (Time Limited Appointment - more than one year, not more than four years)
• Student Educational Employment Program:
  • Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
  • Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)

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Non-Competitive Appointments:

• Individuals with a disability (Schedule A)
• Other Noncompetitive Appointing Authorities

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Reinstatement Eligibility Definition

• Reinstatement Eligibility Definition:

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Types of Veteran Appointing Authorities and Veterans' Preference:

• Appointing Authorities
  • Veterans' Recruitment Act(VRA)
  • Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)
  • 30% or More Disabled Veterans
• Veterans' Preference
  • General Information
  • Types of Preference:
    • 5 pt tentative preference
    • 10 pt Disabled Veteran or Spouse or Mother of a deceased Veteran
  • Preference in Examination

Eligibility for these appointing authorities and/or Veterans' Preference does not guarantee selection for employment

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CTAP and ICTAP Definitions

• Career Transition Assistance Plans (CTAP)
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plans (ICTAP)
• Requirements for Eligibility
  
  

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