Reading Room Document

Certification of Peace Corps Response Volunteers for Noncompetitive Eligibility for Federal Employment Under Executive Order 11103

Under Executive Order 11103, which describes a "full term of service" as "approximately two years" for purposes of noncompetitive eligibility for federal employment, the Director of the Peace Corps may not issue certificates of satisfactory service to volunteers in the Peace Corps Response program ("PCRVs") who serve between three and twelve months. The Director may not issue certificates of satisfactory service to PCRVs under the exception in Executive Order 11103 for those who do not complete a full term "due to circumstances beyond their control." The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/2013-01-09-peace-corps-vols/download.

January 9, 2013