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.
Inventor of Kevlar, tougher-than-steel fiber in bulletproof vests, dies. DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek discovered Kevlar in 1965 when the company sought fibers stronger, lighter than steel. June 21, 2014 10:45AM ET. Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it.