; (ii) a noncareer officer or employee serving in the Executive Office of President, including the White House Office, and in the Office of the Vice President; and (iii) an individual employed in a position in the executive branch of the Government who is excepted from the competitive service by reason of being of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), except that the Director of the Office of Public Integrity may, by regulation, exclude from the application of this paragraph any individual, or group of individuals, who are in such positions, but only in cases in which the Director determines such exclusion would not affect adversely the integrity of the Government or the confidence of the public in the integrity of the Government; (B) an individual employed in a position in the Senior Executive Service; (C) an individual employed in a position at the GS–15 level or higher