Current Federal Employees

Merit promotion announcements are open to current federal employees and to people with reinstatement eligibility. A lateral transfer at the same grade generally does not need a new announcement at all, which is the fastest way into a station for somebody already in the system.

Interagency transfers keep your service computation date, leave balance, and tenure.

If you are already federal, read the Who May Apply line on an announcement first. It is the field that decides whether the rest is worth your time.