63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 782-OCT. 28, 1949 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- ~ 1 (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 963
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