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Excepted Service Information & Employment Opportunities
Most Federal Government civilian positions are part of the competitive civil service. To obtain a Federal job, you must compete with other applicants in open competition. Some agencies are excluded from the competitive civil service procedures. This means that these agencies have their own hiring system which establishes the evaluation criteria they use in filling their internal vacancies. These agencies are called excepted service agencies.
Excepted service positions are not required to be posted on USAJOBS.gov. As a result, it is important to look at individual agency Web sites for job announcements. Below is a list of excepted service agencies. This list is not all-inclusive and is subject to change.
Mission and Agency:
| Mission | Agency Home Page | Employment Information Page |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | ||
| Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (USDA) | http://www.aphis.usda.gov/career_opportunities/ | |
| Foreign Agriculture Service (USDA) | http://www.fas.usda.gov/admin/jobs/jobs.asp | |
| Arts/Humanities | ||
| U.S. Botanic Garden | http://www.usbg.gov/education/get-involved.cfm | |
| Commerce | ||
| International Trade Administration (DOC) | http://www.ita.doc.gov/jobs/ | |
| U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (DOC) | http://usptocareers.gov/ | |
| Courts | ||
| Supreme Court of the United States | http://www.supremecourtus.gov/jobs/jobs.html | |
| Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation | http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/Job_Opportunities/job_opportunities.html | |
| U.S. Bankruptcy Courts | http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/ | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/mploymnt.html | |
| U.S. Court of International Trade | http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/hr/employment.htm | |
| U.S. Courts of Appeals | http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/ | |
| U.S. District Courts | http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/ | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/Clerkships.htm#1 | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/Clerkships.htm#1 | |
| U.S. Court of Federal Claims | http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/job-opportunitiesemployment | |
| U.S. Tax Court | http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/employment.htm | |
| Administrative Office of the United States Courts | http://www.uscourts.gov/employment/ao/index.html | |
| Federal Judicial Center | http://www.fjc.gov | |
| U.S. Sentencing Commission | http://www.ussc.gov/Jobs.htm | |
| Education | ||
| White House Commission on Presidential Scholars [Presidential Scholars Program] | http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/commission.html | |
| Energy | ||
| National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE) | http://humancapital.doe.gov/jobs/ | |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission (DOE) | http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/employment.html | |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | http://www.tva.gov/employment/ | |
| Northwest Power Planning Council | http://www.nwcouncil.org/about/employment.htm | |
| Delaware River Basin Commission | http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/jobs.htm | |
| National Park Foundation | http://www.nationalparks.org/about/employment/ | |
| Susquehanna River Basin Commission | http://www.srbc.net/about/employ.htm | |
| Valles Caldera Trust & Preserve | http://www.vallescaldera.gov/about/employment/ | |
| Federal Mgt / Oversight | ||
| Office of Government Ethics | http://www.usoge.gov/careers.aspx | |
| General Services Administration | http://www.gsa.gov | |
| Postal Regulatory Commission | http://www.prc.gov/ | |
| Social Security Advisory Board | http://www.ssab.gov/Internship.html | |
| Finance | ||
| Federal Reserve System | http://www.federalreserve.gov/careers/default.htm | |
| Health Research Service Administration (VA) | http://www.hrsa.gov/about/jobs.htm | |
| Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer | http://www.federallabs.org/employment/ | |
| International | ||
| U.S. Agency for International Development | http://www.usaid.gov/careers/ | |
| U.S. Foreign Service (U.S. Department of State) | http://careers.state.gov/local-employment/employment.html | |
| U.S. Mission to the United Nations ( U.S. Department of State) | http://usun.state.gov | |
| Panama Canal Commission | http://www.pancanal.com/eng/hr/index.html | |
| International Broadcasting Bureau | http://www.bbg.gov/about/jobs/index.html | |
| Peace Corps | http://www.peacecorps.gov | |
| Political System | ||
| Election Assistance Commission | http://www.eac.gov/about/employment | |
| Library of Congress | http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php | |
| U.S. House of Representatives | http://www.house.gov/cao-hr/ | |
| U.S. Senate | http://www.senate.gov/reference/Index/Employment.htm | |
| Security | ||
| Federal Air Marshall Service (DHS) | http://www.tsa.gov/join/index.shtm | |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS) | http://www.fema.gov | |
| Transportation Security Administration (DHS) | http://www.tsa.gov/join/index.shtm | |
| U.S. Secret Service (DHS) | http://www.secretservice.gov/opportunities.shtml | |
| Central Intelligence Agency | https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/index.html | |
| Defense Intelligence Agency (DOD) | http://www.dia.mil/employment/index.html | |
| National Security Agency (DOD) | http://www.nsa.gov/careers/index.shtml | |
| United States Capitol Police | http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/apply.php | |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation (DOJ) | http://www.fbijobs.gov/ | |
| Transportation | ||
| Federal Aviation Administration (DOT) | http://www.faa.gov/jobs/ | |
| AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | http://www.amtrak.com | |
| Other | ||
| U.S. Postal Service | http://www.usps.com | |
AS OF: 02/11/2011
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