{"product_id":"2940012587060","title":"The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): 2004 Edition","description":"This publication contains data (as of September 30, 2004) on over 7,000\u003cbr\u003eFederal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative\u003cbr\u003eand executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject\u003cbr\u003eto noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions such as agency heads and\u003cbr\u003etheir immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aides\u003cbr\u003ewho report to these officials). The duties of many such positions may involve\u003cbr\u003eadvocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually\u003cbr\u003ehave a close and confidential working relationship with the agency\u003cbr\u003ehead or other key officials.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing are the major categories of positions listed:\u003cbr\u003e• Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates\u003cbr\u003eestablished for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;\u003cbr\u003e• Senior Executive Service ‘‘General’’ positions;\u003cbr\u003e• Senior Foreign Service positions;\u003cbr\u003e• Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the President,\u003cbr\u003eor by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because\u003cbr\u003eof the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties.\u003cbr\u003e• Other positions at the GS–14 and above level excepted from the competitive\u003cbr\u003ecivil service by law because of the confidential or policy-determining\u003cbr\u003enature of the position duties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee Appendix 2 for more details on SES appointments and Appendix\u003cbr\u003e3 for more details on Schedule C appointments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdditional information on the positions listed and the Federal salary\u003cbr\u003eschedules under which they are paid is provided in the appendices. The\u003cbr\u003eLegend on the following page shows the codes and acronyms used in this\u003cbr\u003epublication.","brand":"1001 Property Solutions LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147374838000,"sku":"2940012587060","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012587060_p0.jpg?v=1763570534","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012587060","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}