SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. The ETF holds the 30 large-cap US stocks that represent the Index. This ETF is registered as a Unit Investment trust and pays a monthly dividend representing dividends paid by the underlying stocks. The ETF's holdings are price weighted.
Creditable service under FERS usually includes Federal covered service, that is, service in which the individual's pay is subject to FERS retirement deductions, such as service under a career or career conditional appointment,
The Excepted Service can be defined as employment in a federal position or with an agency that is outside the federal Competitive Service. For this definition to be meaningful, one needs to understand the Competitive Service. Briefly, the competitive civil service refers to federal employment that uses OPM's competitive hiring process including Veterans' Preference rules.