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.
Who Invented the USB Flash Drive Part 1. History lessons tend to give us straightforward answers when it comes to who invented what. Thomas Edison gets credit for the light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone and the creation of cornflakes is thanks to John Harvey Kellogg. However, when someone poses the question, who invented the USB flash drive, there is no one name that pops up. What we donât realize about most inventionsâthe flash drive includedâis that it is actually credited to decades of building off one innovation after another.