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Executive Order 13054

Eligibility of Certain Overseas Employees for Noncompetitive Appointments

This executive order grants noncompetitive appointment eligibility to U.S. citizen family members of federal civilian employees who left federal service to work for the American Institute in Taiwan, allowing them to gain competitive service status upon return. The Office of Personnel Management is directed to issue implementing regulations. The order took effect upon Federal Register publication on July 10, 1997.

Federal Register Open PDF 62 FR 36965

Impact dates

  1. OPM Director to prescribe implementing regulations

  2. order effective upon Federal Register publication

Key directives

  • permit noncompetitive appointment of certain AIT-employed family members to competitive service positions
  • OPM Director to prescribe implementing regulations
  • order effective upon Federal Register publication

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • order effective upon Federal Register publication July 10, 1997

Near term (90d)

  • OPM to prescribe implementing regulations

Long term

  • ongoing eligibility for affected family members seeking competitive service appointments

Risks & tensions

  • narrow scope limits structural impact — applies only to specific subset of federal employees' family members who worked for AIT
  • no deadline specified for OPM regulations, creating implementation uncertainty
  • potential equity concerns about preferential hiring status for this specific group
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