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Establishing an Exception to Competitive Examining Rules for U.S. Marshals

E.O. 13842
Jul 13, 2018
E.O. 13842
Jul 13, 2018

Summary

Makes it easier for the U.S. Marshals Service to hire Deputy U.S. Marshals and Criminal Investigators by moving their jobs out of the normal hiring process.

What problem does this solve?

The U.S. Marshals Service struggled to hire qualified people quickly due to slow and competitive hiring rules. This order speeds up hiring by creating a special exception, making it easier to fill important law enforcement jobs.

What does this order do?

Moves certain jobs to the excepted service
Places Deputy U.S. Marshals and Criminal Investigators into Schedule B, which means they are exempt from the usual competitive hiring rules to make hiring faster.
Creates a path to a career job
Allows employees hired under this new rule to become permanent career employees after three years of good work, without having to compete for the job again.
Sets limits on new hiring power
Prevents this special hiring process from being used for high-level policy-making jobs or for positions in the Senior Executive Service.
Gives rule-making power to the Office of Personnel Management
Allows the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to create new rules needed to carry out this order.

Who does this affect?

  • U.S. Marshals Service
  • Applicants for federal law enforcement jobs
  • Current Deputy U.S. Marshals and Criminal Investigators

What is the real world impact?

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Streamlines hiring for federal law enforcement
Speeds up the process for filling important law enforcement roles by removing some of the usual competitive hiring steps. This helps the agency stay competitive with other federal police forces that already have similar hiring flexibility.
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Reduces hiring oversight
Bypasses the standard competitive process, which some may argue reduces transparency and fairness in favor of speed. This could make it easier to hire based on factors other than traditional merit-based test scores.

When does this start?

This order became effective when it was signed on July 10, 2018.