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https://youtu.be/b9lEtLZm3bEWho is "Field" McConnell and the Senior Executrive Service is a fuction of Civil Service which was authorized by Congress. I expect next you will be telling us that McCabes pension was 1.9 million dollars per year, not 1.9 million possible over thirty years. This prograsm has been in place for many years and most Senior Execs do no like it because their compensation is less than GS15's who are not in the program. Some leave govenment service because of SES status.
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"The SES is a separate personnel system in the executive branch for about 8,000 career and non-career employees who serve in key positions just below the top P**********l appointees. SES members are the major link between these appointees and the rest of the federal workforce. They operate and oversee nearly every Federal activity – from air traffic safety to social security – in approximately 75 agencies.
B. Included: Managerial, supervisory, and policy positions classified above GS-15 of the General Schedule.
C. Excluded:
1. Positions requiring appointment by the President with Senate confirmation.
2. Positions in the Foreign Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence agency, and National Security Agency. All of these positions are covered by separate, agency SES-type systems.
3. Administrative law judge and board of contract appeals positions.
4. Positions in government corporations and certain financial regulatory agencies.
II. Size
A. No statutory limitation on number of positions. Law, however, requires biennial allocation of position spaces to agencies by OPM. OPM allocates based on program needs and utilization of spaces by each agency.
B. Agencies can establish positions within their allocations without further OPM approval.
C. Number of SES positions allocated for FY 2011: 8757 D. Number of SES appointees as of October, 2011: 7658 III. Structure
A. Two Types of positions
1. Career-reserved (about 50%) a. Defined in law: “to ensure impartiality or public’s confidence of impartiality of government” (e.g., law enforcement). b. May be filled by career appointees only. c. Career reserved floor of 3,571 Government wide. Each agency given quota by OPM.
2. General (about 50%) – May be filled by any SES appointee, whether career, non-career, or limited.
B. Four types of appointments
1. Career – Se******n by agency merit staffing process and approval of executive qualifications by Qualifications Review Board (QRB) run by OPM. Appointment may be to a career-reserved or general SES position; rights of the individual are the same in either case.
2. Non-career a. Appointment allocations approved on individual case basis by OPM, and OPM rec**ps allocation when appointee leaves the position. b. Appointments may not exceed 10% of SES position allocation Government wide, and 25% of SES position allocation in any agency, and must be to general SES positions.
3. Limited term – Nonrenewable appointment for up to 3 years to a general SES position which will expire because of the nature of the work (e.g., special project).
4. Limited emergency – Nonrenewable appointment for up to 18 months to a general SES position which must be filled urgently. Total number of limited appointments may not exceed 5% of SES position allocation
Thus goes on forever describing all the perks, bennies, pay, and other considerations but the gist was that these people are not the chairman of the board but they would be board members in most industries
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