[Federal Register: May 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project;
Department of Defense (DoD)
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of amendment to this demonstration to make technical
corrections to the list of occupational series included in the project
and to change pay setting procedures for Federal employees entering the project after initial implementation.
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SUMMARY: Section 4308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1996 (Pub. L. 104-106; 10 U.S.C.A. 1701 note), as amended
by section 845 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Pub. L. 105-85), permits the Department of Defense (DoD),
with the approval of OPM, to conduct a personnel demonstration project
within the Department's civilian acquisition workforce and those
supporting personnel assigned to work directly with the acquisition
workforce. This notice amends the project plan for this demonstration
to: (1) Correct discrepancies in the list of occupational series
included in the project and (2) allow managers the authority to offer a
buy-in to Federal employees entering the demonstration project after
initial implementation.
DATES: This amendment is effective May 21, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DoD: Anthony D. Echols, Civilian
Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration, 2001 North Beauregard
Street, Suite 750, Alexandria, VA 22311, 703-578-2755. OPM: Mary
Lamary, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room
7460, Washington, DC 20415, 202-606-2820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
OPM approved and published the project plan for the Civilian
Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project in the Federal
Register on January 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 5, part VII). This
demonstration project involves hiring and appointment authorities;
broadbanding; simplified classification; a contribution-based
compensation and appraisal system; revised reduction-in-force
procedures; academic degree and certificate training; and sabbaticals.
2. Overview
The project plan listed two occupational series in the wrong career
path, listed one series in two career paths, and omitted a series to
which at least one demonstration participant is assigned. This notice
corrects these errors.
For examples who enter the project after initial implementation by
lateral transfer, reassignment, or realignment, the project did not
give managers the authority to offer a base payment adjustment for
accrued within-grade increases and/or career ladder promotions.
This notice gives managers that authority.
Dated: May 11, 2001.
Office of Personnel Management.
Steven R. Cohen,
Acting Director.
I. Executive Summary
The project was designed by a Process Action Team (PAT) under the
authority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology, with the participation of and review by DoD with the Office
of Personnel Management (OPM). The purpose of the project is to enhance
the quality, professionalism, and management of the DoD acquisition
workforce through improvements in the human resources management system
II. Introduction
This demonstration project provides managers, at the lowest
practical level, the authority, control, and flexibility they need to
achieve quality acquisition processes and quality products. This
project not only provides a system that retains, recognizes, and
rewards employees for their contribution, but also supports their
personal and professional growth.
A. Purpose
The purpose of this notice is to correct discrepancies in the list
of occupational series included in the project and to give managers the
authority to offer an adjustment in base pay for accrued within-grade
increases and/or career ladder promotions. No other changes are made to
the sections referred to herein. The changes are hereby made to the
Federal Register, Part VII, Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel
Demonstration Project; Department of Defense; Notice, Volume 64, Number
5, Friday, January 8, 1999; Section II.F., Table 2 and Section V.A. as
outlined in the following paragraphs.
B. Employee Notification and Collective Bargaining Requirements
The demonstration project program office will notify employees of
this amendment by posting it on the demonstration's web page
(http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.acqdemo.com). Participating organizations must fulfill any
collective bargaining obligations to unions that represent employees
covered by the demonstration.
III. Personnel System Changes
Occupational Series Included in the Project
Correct Section II.F., Table 2, Series Included in the DoD
Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project, as follows:
Technical Management Support (NJ): Add series 0342, Support
Services Administration, and series 0682, Dental Hygiene. Delete series
2135, Transportation Loss and Damage Claims Examining, and series 2151,
Dispatching.
Administrative Support (NK): Delete Series 0342, Support Services
Administrator. Add series 2151, Dispatching.
Employees Entering the Demonstration Project After Initial
Implementation
Change that last sentence in the first paragraph of V.A. to read:
This conversion process (i.e., ``buy-in'') is applicable to employees
at the initial entry of their organization into the demonstration
project in accordance with the approved implementation plan and
subsequently upon an individual's lateral transfer, reassignment, or
realignment into the demonstration project. (For purposes of this
demonstration, ``lateral transfer'' is defined as a reassignment across
Agencies without a change in rate of basic pay, except as provided by
any within-grade increase or career-ladder ``buy-in'' paid upon
conversion.)
Change the last sentence in the third paragraph of V.A. to read:
Employees who enter the demonstration project after initial
implementation by lateral transfer, reassignment, or realignment will
be subject to the same pay conversion rules. Specifically, adjustments
to the employee's base salary for a step increase and a non-competitive
career ladder promotion will be computed as a prorated share of the
current value of the step or promotion increase based upon the number
of weeks an employee has completed toward the next higher step or grade
at the time the employee moves into the project, consistent with
paragraph VIII.A.
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