career appointee
Defined in 3 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
“career appointee” means an individual in a Senior Executive Service position whose appointment to the position or previous appointment to another Senior Executive Service position was based on approval by the Office of Personnel Management of the executive qualifications of such individual;
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- 1994–present5 U.S.C. § 3132Government Organization and Employees · Definitions and exclusions · in this section
the term “career appointee” means a Federal Aviation Administration career executive; and
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- 2012–present49 U.S.C. § 40122Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system · in this section
the term "career appointee" means a Transportation Security Administration executive serving on a career Transportation Security Executive Service appointment; and
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- 2018–present49 U.S.C. § 114Transportation · Transportation Security Administration · under this section