A Schedule C appointment is a type of political appointment in the United States for confidential or policy roles immediately subordinate to other appointees. As of 2016[update], there were 1,403 Schedule C appointees.[1] Most of these are confidential assistants, policy experts, special counsels, and schedulers, although about 500 of them are non-policy support roles.[2] Schedule C appointments were created in 1956 and are part of the excepted service.[3]
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- ^ "Excepted Service Hiring Authorities: Their Use and Effectiveness in the Executive Branch" (PDF). U.S. Office of Personnel Management. July 1, 2018. pp. 1–2. Retrieved March 3, 2019.