DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Personnel System

Essye Miller testified before Congress on September 26, 2018 with regards to the cyber operational readiness of the Department of Defense. Ms. Miller is the Department of Defense (DoD) Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer (PDCIO). Her written testimony provides an overview of the DoD Cyber Workforce as well as the Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Personnel System. According to her testimony "the Cyber Excepted Service is an enterprise-wide approach for managing civilian cyberprofessionals across the Department."

From the DoD Cyber Excepted Service FAQs document:

Q15. What are the advantages for employees converting to CES? 

A15. The CES provides many opportunities for current DoD employees which include:
o Qualification-Based (no time-in-grade) Requirements for Promotion
o Promotions and Quality Step Increase Awards Up to step 12 (with justification)
o Future Compensation Initiatives
o Future Career Management Program
o Future Rotational Assignments across the DoD Cyber Community

More about the DoD Cyber Workforce CES Personnel System can be found here and here.

Cyber One Stop - Cyber Excepted Service website
Source: https://www.cpms.osd.mil/Subpage/CyberOneStop/CyberHome