Do you wish to be considered as a 30% or more disabled veteran?
Under this authority, an agency may appoint, without competition, an eligible disabled veteran to a term or temporary appointment in the Federal service. In appropriate circumstances, a person receiving a temporary or term appointment under this authority may be converted to a permanent competitive service appointment.When using this authority to appoint on a permanent basis, you are first placed on a time limited appointment of at least 60 days and then converted to a permanent appointment at management's discretion.
To be eligible for a 30% or more disabled appointment, you must be the following:
To claim eligibility under 30% or more disabled, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
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Do you wish to be considered under CTAP?
To be eligible for Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), a person must:
Be a current or former permanent competitive status DOI federal employee displaced from a position in the same local commuting area of the vacancy with a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To claim eligibility under CTAP, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
Copies of the appropriate documentation which includes:
Do you wish to be considered under Merit Promotion?
To be eligible under competitive merit promotion, you must be:
A current or former (reinstatement eligible) permanent Federal civilian employee under a competitive career or career-conditional appointment.
To claim eligibility under competitive merit promotion, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
Do you wish to be considered under ICTAP?
To be eligible for Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP), a person must:
Be a current or former permanent competitive status federal employee displaced from a position in a non-DOI federal agency (e.g., IRS, VA, Department of Labor, etc.) in the same local commuting area of the vacancy with a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To claim eligibility under ICTAP, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
Copies of the appropriate documentation which includes:
Do you wish to be considered under an OPM Interchange Agreement or a Miscellaneous Authority not regulated by OPM?
Are you a current Excepted Service employee of a Federal Agency that has a valid interchange agreement with the Office of Personnel Management?
To be eligible for career or career-conditional appointment under an OPM Interchange Agreement, a person must:
To claim eligibility under an Interchange Agreement, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
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Are you a current or former Foreign Service employee?
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Are you a current:
• Postal Career Service Employee;
• Postal Rate Commission Employee;
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) Employee; or
• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Employee
For more information, review Miscellaneous Authorities Not Regulated By U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF-50) reflecting your status.
Do you wish to be considered under Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)?
If you're a current or former Land Management employee (Land management agencies include The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, The Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Reclamation), who worked in a term or temporary job, you may be eligible to apply to merit promotion jobs at any federal agency.
Two groups of individuals are potentially eligible for appointment, including current and/or former employees serving or served under time-limited competitive appointments at land management agencies (as defined above). Land Management Eligibles (LME's) must meet the following eligibility criteria:
• Current land management agency appointees:
• Former land management agency appointees:
Note: A former employee, who otherwise meets the requirements for eligibility, shall be deemed an employee of the agency from which the former employee was most recently separated.
To claim eligibility under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA), you must submit the following documentation with your application:
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Do you wish to be considered as a Military Spouse?
To be eligible for appointment under this authority, you must be the spouse of one of the following:
Active Duty Spouse
Based on 100% DisabilityAs a military spouse, you may be eligible to be considered under this authority if:
Note: There is no geographic limitation under this category. You will be required to provide documentation of your spouse's disability.
Based on Service Member's DeathAs the military spouse, you may be eligible if the military member was killed while on active duty (it does not have to be combat related), and you have not remarried.
Note: There is no geographic limitation in this category. You will be required to provide documentation on the death of the spouse and your marital status at the time of death.
Documentation Required:To confirm eligibility the hiring agency must verify the individual has a valid marriage certificate or other documentation verifying marriage (such as any official documentation verifying a recognized common law marriage). In addition, the service member's spouse must be authorized on the military orders assigning the service member to a certain post. To verify this, please submit a copy of your marriage license, the military orders regarding the PCS move, documentation of disability as outlined above (if applicable), or documentation that the service member was killed while on active duty (and you are not remarried) (if applicable).
Do you wish to be considered under National Service (Peace Corps and VISTA)?
Former Peace Corps Volunteers: Under this authority, a former Peace Corps volunteer who recently completed his/her volunteer service may be appointed without competition to a permanent position in the Federal competitive service.
Former Peace Corps Employees: Under this authority, a former Peace Corps employee (other than a volunteer) who recently completed at least 36 months of continuous service with the Peace Corps may be appointed without competition to a permanent appointment in the Federal competitive service.
Do you wish to be considered under Non-Competitive Merit Promotion?
To be eligible under non-competitive merit promotion, you must be:
A Current or former (reinstatement eligible) competitive, career/career-conditional Federal employee who has previously competed for, held, or currently holds, the full performance level of the position you are applying.
To claim eligibility under non-competitive merit promotion, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
Do you wish to be considered under Schedule A?
To be eligible under Schedule A, you must be:
A candidate with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Under this authority, a person with severe physical or mental disabilities may be appointed without competition to an excepted service position on a temporary or non-temporary basis. Upon completion of two years of satisfactory service under a non-temporary Schedule A appointment, the appointee may be converted to a permanent appointment in the competitive service. *** Please note: This authority cannot be used for Pathways positions.
To claim eligibility under Schedule A, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
Do you wish to be considered under Public Land Corp (PLC)?
To be eligible for a Public Land Corp (PLC) appointment:
The candidate must have completed his/her most recent Corp service, which provided him/her with a total of 640 hours, inclusive of 120 hours on a PLC project as defined in 16 USC 1723(d), within the last two (2) years. The candidate must between the ages of 16-30 (inclusive).
To claim eligibility under Public Land Corp (PLC), you must submit the following documentation with your application:
A copy of the "Certificate of Eligibility for Non-competitive Hiring Status (PLC), signed by a bureau PLC Coordinator.
Do you wish to be considered under VEOA?
The VEOA allows veterans' preference eligibles and other veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions to apply and be considered for certain vacancies that are otherwise open only to status or reinstatement-eligible applicants outside of DOI.
To be eligible under VEOA, you must be one of the following:
To claim eligibility under VEOA, you must submit the following documentation with your application:
Note for Active duty service members expecting to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days: you may be granted tentative preference by submitting a "certification" document in lieu of a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD 214. A "certification" is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant.