Degree: soil conservation or related agricultural or natural resource discipline such as agronomy, soil science, forestry, agricultural education, or agricultural engineering. The study must have ...

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other ...

The Family Member Eligibility Verification (FMEV) is OPM’s required process for ensuring that only eligible family members are enrolled in FEHB and PSHB health plans. It requires agencies to request ...

Annual Employee Survey Results Section 1128 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Pub. L. 108-136, 5 U.S.C. 7101 note) requires executive agencies to survey their workforce ...

Strategic Alignment is a process that senior leaders should implement and monitor throughout the planning lifecycle to link key operational systems and processes to the organization's mission and ...

Schedule C positions are excepted from the competitive service because of their confidential or policy-determining character. Most such positions are at grade 15 of the General Schedule or lower.

Federal civilian employees who are called to active duty in support of the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) (formerly the Global War on Terrorism) are entitled to 5 days of excused absence upon ...

For GS-5 positions, applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the applicant's knowledge, judgment, interpretative ability, ...

Rest of United States (Consisting of those portions of the United States and its territories and possessions as listed in 5 CFR 591.205 not located within another locality pay area.) ...

USA Performance ® is OPM's government-owned software solution to helps agencies automate the full performance appraisal lifecycle, from plan creation and goal alignment through progress reviews, final ...

This chart provides Internal Revenue Service (IRS) quarterly interest rates used to compute back pay. The IRS updates the interest rates on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 each year. IRS ...

This series covers technical positions supervising, leading, or performing work involving applying a practical knowledge of the: methods and techniques of engineering or architecture; and construction ...