Employee Conversions to the Cyber Excepted Service: Assessing Factors and Characteristics Related to Personnel Conversion Decisions

Abstract

■ Employees expressed concern that they lacked information on issues such as the targeted local market supplement amount, interchange agreements to allow applications to non-CES jobs at different organizations, and who approves individual flexible pay settings.■ Employees also were uncertain about how the CES would affect their particular career path.■ Some civilians conflated the CES with other excepted services that make it easier to hireand fire-employees.■ Subject-matter experts reported hearing that administrative and human resources staff were worried about stovepiping into cyber-related jobs and that employees near retirement were less concerned about CES benefits as they felt those benefits would not apply to them.■ Subject-matter experts observed that younger workers and workers in cyber-related career paths were more likely to convert to the CES.