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Excepted Service

By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com

Definition: U.S. Government positions which are not in the competitive service, including those in the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
Common Misspellings: exepted service accepted service
Examples:
Appointed positions in some government departments are in the excepted service.
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