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bureau involving work of comparable level; (3) to plan and direct or to
plan and execute major professional, scientific, technical, administra-
tive, fiscal, or other specialized programs, requiring extended training
and experience which has demonstrated leadership and unusual attain-
ments in professional, scientific, or technical research, practice, or
administration, or in administrative, fiscal, or other specialized activi-
ties; or (4) to perform consulting or other professional, scientific,
technical, administrative, fiscal, or other specialized work of equal
importance, difficulty, and responsibility, and requiring comparable
qualifications.
Grade GS-15 includes all classes of positions the duties of which are GS- ~
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(1) to perform, under general administrative direction, with very
wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, work of out-
standing difficulty and responsibility along special technical, super-
visory, or administrative lines which has demonstrated leadership and
exceptional attainments; (2) to serve as head of a major organization
within a bureau involving work of comparable level; (3) to plan and
direct or to plan and execute specialized programs of marked diffi-
culty, responsibility, and national significance, along professional,
scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal, or other lines, requiring
extended training and experience which has demonstrated leadership
and unusual attainments in professional, scientific, or technical
research, practice, or administration, or in administrative, fiscal, or
other specialized activities; or (4) to perform consulting or other
professional, scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal, or other special-
ized work of equal importance, difficulty, and responsibility, and
requiring comparable qualifications.
Grade GS-16 includes all classes of positions the duties of which are Qa-i6.
(1) to perform, under general administrative direction, with unusual
latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, work of outstanding
difficulty and responsibility along special technical, supervisory, or
administrative lines which has demonstrated leadership and excep-
tional attainments; (2) to serve as the head of a major organization
involving work of comparable level; (3) to plan and direct or to plan
and execute professional, scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal,
or other specialized programs of unusual difficulty, responsibility, and
national significance, requiring extended training and experience
which has demonstrated leadership and exceptional attainments in
professional, scientific, or technical research, practice, or administra-
tion, or in administrative, fiscal, or other specialized activities; or (4)
to perform consulting or other professional, scientific, technical, admin-
istrative, fiscal, or other specialized work of equal importance, diffi-
culty, and responsibility, and requiring comparable qualifications.
Grade GS-17 includes all classes of positions the duties of which are os-7.
(1) to serve as the head of a bureau where the position, considering the
kind and extent of the authorities and responsibilities vested in it, and
the scope, complexity, and degree of difficulty of the activities carried
on, is of a high order among the whole group of positions of heads of
bureaus; (2) to plan and direct or to plan and execute professional,
scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal, or other specialized programs
of exceptional difficulty, responsibility, and national significance,
requiring extended training and experience which has demonstrated
exceptional leadership and attainments in professional, scientific, or
technical research, practice, or administration, or in administrative,
fiscal, or other specialized activities; or (3) to perform consulting or
other professional, scientific, technical, administrative, fiscal, or other
specialized work of equal importance, difficulty, and responsibility,
and requiring comparable qualifications.
Grade GS-18 includes all classes of positions the duties of which are G°i
(1) to serve as the head of a bureau where the position, considering the
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