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Position Location (Column 1)

Listed are the cities,States/Provinces, and foreign countries in which the positions are located.Countries

and cities (or other subdivisions) are shown for overseas posts. Note that "Washington DC" includes positions

in the entire metropolitan area and therefore includes certain cities and counties in the States of Maryland and

Virginia. 

Position Title (Column 2)

Listed are the position titles and the names of the organizations in which they are located. 

Name of Incumbent (Column 3)

Listed are the names of individuals serving under other than career appointments. The phrase "Career

Incumbent" is shown for positions encumbered by career appointees.The term "Vacant" is shown for positions

that were not occupied on September 1, 2000, the "as of" date of this publication. 

Note that the law requires that "member" positions in certain agencies (e.g., boards, committees, and

commissions) be filled on a bipartisan basis. For such positions, the following letter codes are sho wn in

parentheses following the name of the incumbent: 

(D) = Democrat (I) = Independent (R) = Republican

Pay Plan (Column 4)

Listed are letter codes that denote the Federal salary schedule or pay system under which position

incumbents are paid. Tables showing the salary ranges for each pay system are contained in Appendix 4. 

 EX = Executive Schedule

 ES = Senior Executive Service

 SL = Senior Level

 AD = Administratively Determined

 GS = General Schedule

 FE = Senior Foreign Service

 FP = Foreign Service Specialist

 VH = Farm Credit Administration Pay Plan

 TM = Federal Housing Finance Board Merit Pay

 CG = Corporate Graded at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 OT = Other Pay Plan (all those not listed separately)

 PD = Daily Pay Rate* (per diem) 

 WC = Without Compensation*

* Although not Pay Plans, these codes are shown for information purposes. 

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Type of Appointment (Column 5)

Listed are letter codes that denote the type of appointment under which the position incumbentis serving.

Note that several categories of positions can be filled by more than one type of appointment (e.g., SES positions

listed in this publication may be filled by using career, noncareer, limited emergency, orlimited term appointment

authorities). Therefore, no "Type of Appointment" is shown forsuch positions when they are vacant. Note also

thatsome part-time PresidentialAppointments are not included in this listing such as thoseserving on temporary

commissions or those boards and commissions which are governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

 PAS = Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation

 PA = Presidential Appointment (without Senate confirmation)

 CA = Career Appointment

 NA = Noncareer Appointment

 EA = Limited Emergency Appointment

 TA = Limited Term Appointment

 SC = Schedule C Excepted Appointment

 XS = Appointment Excepted by Statute

Level, Grade, or Pay (Column 6)

Listed are numerical and letter codes that denote the level, grade, or salary of the position incumbered:

Levels I through V of the Executive Schedule

Grades 1 through 15 of the General Schedule

Annual Salary in Dollars

Daily Pay Rate in Dollars

If there is no entry in this column, the position does not have an established level, grade, or salary. For

example, the pay rate for Senior Executive Service and SeniorLevel positions is "personal," i.e., attached to the

incumbent, not the position.The pay rate for each new appointee is set by the appointing authority (usually the

agency head) on a case-by-case basis. Annual salary schedules and pay ranges for such positions are shown

in Appendix 4. 

Tenure (Column 7)

Listed are the terms or dura tions of the appointment in years. If there is no entry in this column, the

appointment has no fixed term. 

Expires (Column 8)

Listed are the expiration dates for time-limited appointments. If there is no entry in this column, the

incumbent is not serving under a time-limited appointment. However, many member positions on agency

advisory boards, councils, and commissions are filled initially for a fixed term, but the incumbents may (and often

do) serve beyond the expiration date until they are replaced. 

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