Geographic Area

Geographic areas are broken down into states, regions, or ALL.

All Southeast States include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

All Central States include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

All Southwest States include Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

All Western States include California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington,.

All Northeast States include Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Category

Persons who may be eligible for non-competitive appointment eligibility include:

• A VRA or Veteran's Readjustment Appointment eligible. This is someone who served in the military for a period of more than 180 days active duty, all or part of which occurred after August 4, 1964, and was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions.
• Veterans who are 30% or more disabled.
• Peace Corps or VISTA volunteers who left the service within the last year.
• Certain present and former Foreign Service employees who were appointed under the authority of the Foreign Service Act of 1946.
• Certain former overseas Federal employees and/or their family members who seek appointment within three years of their return to U.S.
• Certain National Guard Technicians involuntarily separated within the last year.
• Persons with disabilities who are severely physically disabled or mentally impaired.
• Veterans eligible for Veterans' Preference.
• Veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous service.
• Certain employees displaced from the District of Columbia, Department of Corrections.