Competitive Service versus Excepted Service Positions. There are two types of non-executive positions in the federal government: 1) those that are in the competitive service, and 2) those that are in the excepted service. Competitive Service â Competitive service positions are subject to the civil service laws passed by Congress.
Post to Facebook. Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek dies at 90 Stephanie Kwolek, the DuPont scientist whose invention, Kevlar, has saved countless lives as the essential ingredient in body armor, has died. Kwolek, of the Sharpley neighborhood in Talleyville, died Wednesday following a brief illness, said her friend, Rita Vasta, who is handling Kwolek's affairs. She was 90.
Mr. Liveris initially proposed merging and splitting into two companies, and Mr. Breen said three. Three it would be. What the two devised is what they describe as a merger of equals, putting together DuPont, the 213-year-old inventor of Kevlar, with Dow, the 118-year-old maker of plastics and chemicals.