GPPA Chapter 11, Excepted Service Appointments, Policy Changes
Reference Number: NFC-26-1781556828
Published: September 18, 2026
Effective: Pay Period 17, 2026
Summary
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued updates to the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions (GPPA) Chapter 11, Excepted Service Appointments. The National Finance Center (NFC) has updated the applicable Table Management System (TMGT) tables to reflect these changes.
Affected System
|
System |
System Impact |
|
Table Management System (TMGT) |
Updated TMGT Table 052, Remark Code and Descriptions; TMGT Table 061, Nature of Action (NOA) Conversion; and TMGT Table 091, OPM NOA Legal Authorities. |
Implementation
OPM introduced:
- Conversion of an employee occupying a position in the competitive service into Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service.
- Conversion of an employee occupying a position in the excepted service into Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service.
- New appointment to Schedule Policy/Career.
Agencies may enter remark codes, Nature of Action Codes (NOAC), and Legal authority codes via EmpowHR, the Web-based Entry, Processing, Inquiry, and Correction System (EPIC Web) applications, or the Agency's Front-End System Interface (FESI).
|
Action |
Nature of Action |
Nature of Action Code |
Legal Authority Code |
Authority |
|
Conversion from Competitive Service to Schedule Policy/Career |
Conv to Exc Appt |
570 |
YED |
5 CFR 213.3601 or E.O. Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service¹ |
|
Conversion from Excepted Service to Schedule Policy/Career |
Conv to Exc Appt |
570 |
YEN |
5 CFR 213.3601 or E.O. Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service¹ |
|
New Appointment to Schedule Policy/Career |
Exc Appt |
170 |
YEE |
5 CFR 213.3601(a) |
| New Appointment to Schedule Policy/Career |
Exc Appt NTE |
171 |
YEE |
5 CFR 213.3601(a) |
1This authority is subject to change once the Executive Order number is assigned. Agencies may use the title of the Executive Order to document the appropriate legal authority.
TMGT
The following TMGT tables have been updated:
- TMGT Table 052
- TMGT Table 061
- TMGT Table 091
NOAC
The following NOACs have been updated:
- NOAC 570
- NOAC 170
- NOAC 171
Legal Authority Codes
The following legal authority codes have been updated:
- Legal Authority: YED - AGCY CITED
- Legal Authority: YEN - AGCY CITED
- Legal Authority: YEE - AGCY CITED
For a complete list of NOACs, legal authority codes, and remarks included in the TMGT updates, refer to the CHCO Council Latest Memos and the updated OPM GPPA chapters.
Resources:
The procedure manual for these applications are available online at the NFC website. To view these procedures, select HR and Payroll Clients from the MyNFC drop-down menu on the NFC Home page. At the HR and Payroll Clients page, select the Publications tab, select NFC System Documentation from the Publications Library section, and then select the applicable system/application page to access the procedure manual.
Inquiries
For questions about NFC processing, authorized Servicing Personnel Office representatives should contact the NFC Contact Center at 1-855-NFC-4GOV (1-855-632-4468) or via the customer service portal at ServiceNow Portal for Federated Users and at ServiceNow Portal for Non-Federated Users.