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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 may include 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 incumbered by career appointees. The term ‘‘Vacant’’ is 

shown for positions that were not occupied on September 30, 2004, 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 

shown in parentheses following the name of the incumbent: 

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

Type of Appointment (Column 4) 

Listed are letter codes that denote the type of appointment under which the position incumbent 

is 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, 

or limited term appointment authorities. Therefore, no ‘‘Type of Appointment’’ is shown for such positions 

when they are vacant. 

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 

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Pay Plan (Column 5) 

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 

GM = Performance Management and Recognition System (Merit Pay) 

GS = General Schedule 

FE = Senior Foreign Service 

FP = Foreign Service Specialist 

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. 

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 

pay rate. For example, the pay rate for Senior Executive Service and Senior Level 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 durations 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. In such 

cases, no expiration date is shown.