; and (B) are provided appropriate employment opportunities for competitive and excepted service positions in the Department upon successful completion of the fellows program. (2) Noncompetitive appointment or conversion Upon a participant’s successful completion of the fellows program, the Secretary may, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, noncompetitively appoint or convert the participant into a vacant competitive or excepted service position in the Department, if the Secretary determines that such appointment or conversion will contribute to the development of highly qualified future senior leaders for the Department. The Secretary may appoint or convert the participant into a position up to the GS–13 level of the General Schedule or an equivalent position for which the participant is qualified without regard to any minimum time in grade requirements. (3) Appointment of former participants The Secretary may utilize the authority in paragraph (2) for a participant— (A) up to 2 years after the date of the participant’s successful completion of the fellows program; or (B) in the case of a participant who entered the fellows program before the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, up to 5 years after the date of the participant’s successful completion of the fellows program. (4) Publication of selection The Secretary shall publish, on an Internet website of the Department available to the public, the names of the individuals selected to participate in the fellows program. .