Exhibit 1 - The Competitive Process

The Competitive Process (as found in the Merit Promotion Plan)

Proposed Action	Position	and	Competition Required
Reassignment	at same grade under same pay schedule	position is one with known promotion potential and employee will gain eligibility for noncompetitive career promotion to grade higher than previously held on a permanent basis in the competitive service	yes
		position is not one with known promotion potential	no
Change to lower grade	lower grade under same pay schedule	position is one with known promotion potential and employees will gain eligibility for noncompetitive career promotion to grade higher than previously held on a permanent basis in the competitive service	yes
		position is not one with known promotion potential	no
Assignment from one pay schedule to	higher representative rate under a different pay schedule		yes
	same or lower representative rate under different pay schedule	employee's pay will be set at a higher rate	yes
		employee's pay will be at same or lower rate, but position is one with known promotion potential	yes
Assignment from one pay schedule to (cont.)	same or lower representative rate under different pay schedule (cont.)	employee's pay will be set at same or lower rate, but the position is not one with known promotion potential	no
Reinstatement or transfer	at a higher grade than previously held		yes
	at same or lower grade than previously held	position is one with known promotion potential and the employee will gain eligibility for noncompetitive career promotion to grade higher than that previously held on a permanent basis in the competitive service	yes
		position is not one with known promotion potential	no
Detail	same grade and is not one with known promotion potential	detail is for any length	no
	higher grade or to position of same grade with known promotion potential	the detail is for 120 days or less	no
		the detail is for more than 120 days	yes
Selection for training leading to promotion		successful completion of training is a condition of eligibility for promotion	yes
Promotion from position of known promotion potential	originally identified as the target position to which employee would advance without competition or full performance level of a career ladder	competitive procedures were fully applied at the time of placement into position of known promotion potential and all competitors were informed that selection for the entry position could lead to promotion without further competition	no
Promotion	upgraded by classification	incumbent's position upgraded without significant change in duties and responsibilities because of classification error or new or revised standards	no
		incumbent's position reconstituted into a successor position with clearly and solely identifiable duties of the former position and there are no other employees serving in similar or identical positions within the same organization to whom the duties could have been assigned	no
		incumbent's position reconstituted into successor position and position is not a clear successor or there are other employees serving in similar or identical positions within the same organization to whom the duties could have been assigned	yes
Promotion	to position to which employee was detailed for training or evaluation	the employee was selected for detail under full competitive procedures and all competitors were informed that the detail could lead to promotion without further competition	no
Temporary promotion or extension of temporary promotion	higher grade under same pay schedule or under a different pay schedule when action is processed as a promotion or represents a promotion under rules above	the temporary promotion is for 120 days or less total in 12 month period	no
Conversion of temporary promotion to permanent promotion		the employee was selected for temporary promotion under full competitive procedures and all competitors were informed that the temporary promotion could lead to permanent without further competition	no
Promotion without time limitation	higher grade under same pay schedule	is not covered by promotion rules above	yes

Revised: 6-16-99
U.S. Department of the Interior - Office of Personnel Policy