[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43722-43727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17657]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Department of Defense Science and Technology Reinvention
Laboratory (STRL) Personnel Management Demonstration Project Program
AGENCY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel
Policy, (DASD (CPP)), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: This notice amends existing STRL Personnel Management
Demonstration Project Programs.
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SUMMARY: STRLs will implement Senior Scientific Technical Manager
(SSTM) positions, which are defined as senior professional scientific
and technical positions classified above the GS-15 level of the General
Schedule (GS). The primary functions of these positions shall be (1) to
engage in research and development in the physical, biological,
medical, or engineering sciences, or another field closely related to
the mission of such STRL; and (2) to carry out technical supervisory
responsibilities. These positions may only be established at authorized
STRLs with personnel demonstration projects.
STRLs will also implement two new direct-hire authorities to
appoint bachelor's degree candidates into scientific and engineering
positions and veteran candidates into scientific, technical,
engineering, and mathematics positions. The current direct-hire
authority to appoint candidates with an advanced degree into scientific
and engineering positions is also being included in this notice so that
all STRL direct-hire authorities are documented in one location.
DATES: This notice may be implemented beginning on the date of
publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of the Army
ARL: Mr. Tom Bock, Program Manager, ARL Personnel
Demonstration Project, AMSRD-ARL-O-HR, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi
MD 20783-1197;
AMRDEC: Mr. Chad Marshall, Demonstration Project Manager,
AMRDEC, 5400 Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000;
CERDEC: Ms. Desiree Roe, CERDEC Personnel Demonstration
Project Administrator, Myer Center, Building 2700, Room 2C204, ATTN:
AMSRD-CER-HRO, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5209;
ECBC: Ms. Patricia Milwicz, Management and Program
Analyst, ECBC, Directorate of Program Integration, Workforce Management
Office, Department of the Army, ATTN: RDCB-DPC-W, 5183 Blackhawk Road,
Building 3330, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424;
ERDC: Ms. Patricia Sullivan, Personnel Demonstration
Project Manager, U.S. Army ERDC, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS
39180-6199;
MRMC: Ms. Linda Krout, Personnel Demonstration Project
Manager, 505 Scott St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5000;
NSRDEC: Ms. Joelle Montecalvo, Demonstration Project
Manager, NSRDEC, Kansas Street, (AMSRD-NSR-BO-W), Natick, MA 01760;
TARDEC: Ms. Jennifer Davis, TARDEC, ATTN: RDTA-CS/MS 204,
Warren, MI 48397-5000; and
ARDEC: Mr. Mike Nicotra, U.S. Army ARDEC, Human Capital
Management Office, Building 1, 3rd Floor, RDAR-EIH, Picatinny Arsenal,
NJ 07806-5000.
Department of the Air Force:
AFRL: Ms. Michelle Williams, Personnel Demonstration
Project Manager, AFRL, 1864 4th Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, OH 45433-5209.
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Department of the Navy
ONR: Ms. Margaret J. Mitchell, Director, Civilian Human
Resources, ONR, 875 North Randolph Street, Code BD, Arlington, VA
22203;
NRL: Ms. Cathy Downing, Director, Strategic Workforce
Planning, NRL, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20375-5320;
NAVSEA Warfare Centers: Ms. Diane Brown, NAVSEA Warfare
Centers Personnel Demonstration Project Manager, Naval Surface Warfare
Center Carderock Division, 5001 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
19112-5083;
NAVAIR, Weapons Division and Aircraft Division: Mr. Dustin
Kirby, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Code
730000D, 1 Administration Circle, Building 00464, China Lake, CA 93555-
6100; and
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Center (SSC)
[cir] SSC Atlantic: Ms. Lindsay Blackwell, SSC Atlantic STRL
Project Lead, SSC Atlantic, P.O. Box 190022, North Charleston, SC
29419-9022; and
[cir] SSC Pacific: Ms. Angela Hanson, SSC Pacific STRL Project
Lead, SSC Pacific, 53560 Hull Street, San Diego, CA 92152-5001.
DoD
Ms. Susie Collins, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory
Service, Non-Traditional Personnel Programs (DCPAS-NTPP), 4800 Mark
Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22350-1100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
Section 342(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for
Fiscal Year (FY) 1995, Public Law (Pub. L.) 103-337, as amended by
section 1109 of the NDAA for FY 2000, Public Law 106-65, and section
1114 of the NDAA for FY 2001, Public Law 106-398, authorizes the
Secretary of Defense to conduct personnel demonstration projects at DoD
laboratories designated as STRLs. All STRLs authorized by section 1105
of the NDAA for FY 2010, Public Law 111-84, as well as any newly
designated STRLs authorized by SECDEF or future legislation may utilize
the provisions described in this Federal Register Notice (FRN). STRLs
implementing this flexibility must have an approved personnel
management demonstration project plan published in a FRN and shall
fulfill any collective bargaining obligations. Each STRL shall
establish internal operating instructions as appropriate. The fifteen
current STRLs are:
Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering
Center (AMRDEC)
Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and
Engineering Center (CERDEC)
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)
Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC)
Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center
(NSRDEC)
Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center
(TARDEC)
Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Warfare Centers, Weapons
Division and Aircraft Division
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Center (SSC), Atlantic and Pacific
The Above GS-15 Position concept was first implemented in September
1997 with the publication of the demonstration project plan for the
U.S. Army Aviation Research, Development and Engineering Center
(AVRDEC) and the U.S. Army Missile Research and Development Engineering
Center (MRDEC) (now the AMRDEC). A subsequent phased implementation
took place as the remaining STRL demonstration projects were approved.
Forty billets were authorized by the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) to be delegated DoD-wide to STRLs for SSTM positions with duties
and qualifications that exceeded the GS-15 classification criteria.
These allocations are managed separately from the Senior Executive
Service (SES), Scientific and Professional Positions (STs), and Senior-
Level (SL) positions.
Section 1105 of the NDAA for FY 2010 designated additional STRLs
into the personnel management demonstration projects and these STRLs
published FRNs (Appendix B) that created pay bands above the GS-15
level in anticipation of a DoD initiative that would authorize such pay
bands. The pay bands identified meet the criteria for establishment of
the SSTM positions authorized by this FRN.
Section 1108 of the NDAA for FY 2009, Public Law 110-417, as
amended by section 1101 of the NDAA for FY 2011, Public Law 111-383 and
section 1103 of the NDAA for FY 2012, Public Law 112-81, authorized a
direct-hire authority for candidates with an advanced degree to be
appointed to scientific and engineering positions. This authority has
provided the STRLs the ability to compete with private industry and
academia resulting in expeditious appointments of high-quality
advanced-degree candidates.
2. Overview
I. Introduction
A. Purpose
Section 1107(f) of NDAA for FY 2014 establishes in each STRL a
category of positions entitled Senior Scientific Technical Managers
(SSTM). The purpose of the SSTM category is to appropriately classify
positions that surpass the GS-15 classification criteria. These
positions would not be appropriately classified as STs because of the
significant degree of technical supervisory and/or managerial
authorities inherent in the positions. The SL classification
designation would not be appropriate because it does not cover
positions that involve fundamental research and development
responsibilities. Similarly, the SES classification designation would
also not be appropriate because it does not require the specialized
scientific or engineering expertise required in the SSTM positions. The
SSTMs also do not demonstrate the level of managerial authority and
impact required of an SES position. The SSTMs establish a separate pay
band level or career track. This notice implements the SSTM category.
Section 1107(a) of NDAA for FY 2014 establishes two new direct-hire
authorities. In addition, Section 1108 of the NDAA for FY 2009, Public
Law 110-417, as amended, established a direct-hire authority for
qualified candidates with an advanced degree. The purpose of the
direct-hire authorities is to provide a streamlined and accelerated
hiring process to allow the STRLs to successfully compete with private
industry and academia for high-quality scientific, engineering, and
technician talent for both GS and Demonstration Project positions.
B. Required Waivers to Law and Regulation
Several laws, rules, and regulations will require waivers to
implement the SSTM. Appendix A lists these laws and regulations.
Section 1108 of the NDAA for FY 2009, as amended and Section 1107(a) of
NDAA for FY 2014 waived subchapter I of 5 United States Code (U.S.C.)
chapter 33 (other than sections
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3303 and 3328) when using the direct-hire authorities.
C. Expected Benefits
(1) The SSTM authority is expected to:
(a) Properly classify and compensate senior professional
individuals who are engaged in or managing research and development in
the physical, biological, medical or engineering sciences or other
closely related field and who provide technical supervision over such
programs.
(b) Provide the opportunity for career development and expansion of
a pool of experienced, prominent technical candidates meeting the
levels of proficiency and leadership essential to create and maintain
DoD state-of-the-art scientific, engineering, and technological
operations; and
(c) Provide laboratories a sufficient number of properly classified
Above GS-15 Positions to meet mission needs.
(2) The direct-hire authorities are expected to be very effective
in streamlining and accelerating the hiring process for high-quality
scientific, engineering, and technician positions, enhancing the STRL's
ability to compete with private industry and academia for the high-
quality candidates.
D. Participating Organizations and Employees
All DoD laboratories designated as STRLs under section 1105 of the
NDAA for FY 2010 (including any newly designated STRLs authorized by
SECDEF or by future legislation) with approved personnel management
demonstration project plans published in Federal Registers may utilize
the provisions described in this FRN.
II. Personnel System Changes
All current STRL demonstration project plans are hereby amended to
add the following:
A. Description and Implementation of SSTM Positions
1. Authorized Positions
The number of authorized positions in each STRL, not including the
40 positions authorized by OPM, shall not exceed 1 percent of the
number of scientists and engineers employed at such laboratory as of
the close of the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which any
appointments subject to that numerical limitation are made. If the 1
percent of authorized positions does not equate to a whole number, the
STRL shall round down to the next lower number. Though the authorized
number of SSTM positions may increase or decrease as the overall DoD
science and engineering workforce increases or decreases, no SSTM
employee will have his/her classification as a SSTM changed or his/her
pay reduced, because the size of the STRL's science and engineering
workforce has decreased. In such circumstances, an STRL may temporarily
exceed its new authorized number until attrition occurs.
2. Position Classification
(a) Position Requirements
At a minimum, the paramount requirement for all SSTM positions is
knowledge of and expertise in the specific scientific and/or technology
areas related to the mission of the employing STRL and its Component.
Position incumbents must perform the following:
Furnish highly advanced and/or unprecedented scientific
and/or technical guidance and recommendations to top-level
administrative and technical management officials within the STRL,
Component, DoD, other Government agencies, and outside organizations
such as academia; and
Primarily perform and/or manage research and development
in the physical, biological, medical, or engineering sciences, or
another field closely related to the mission of the STRL; and
Carry out technical supervisory responsibilities involving
technical planning and oversight of work accomplished through Federal
civil service employees, assigned military members, non-Federal
workers, and/or others, to include Intergovernmental Personnel Act
(IPA) assignments, contractors, volunteers, etc.
Incumbents typically report to an SES or SES equivalent-level
position. While all SSTM positions have technical supervisory
responsibilities, they do not all meet the intent of the supervisory
criteria specified in the OPM General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG)
or other applicable supervisory classification guidance as defined by a
STRL's FRN. However, depending on the STRL missions, programs, and/or
structure, some SSTM positions may have as a paramount responsibility
accomplishing work through both the technical and administrative
direction to others. These positions meet at least the minimum
requirements for coverage under the GSSG and may be eligible for a
supervisory pay differential in accordance with paragraph 8 of this
FRN.
(b) Pay Bands/Career Track
This FRN authorizes STRLs to establish a separate pay band/career
track level(s) or to modify existing pay band/career track level(s) to
accommodate the SSTM category. Levels can be established to cover
either supervisory or nonsupervisory positions, or both, as described
in paragraph 2(a) above. Specific details regarding SSTM pay band/
career track levels will be included in the STRLs internal operating
instructions.
3. Designated Classification Officials for SSTM Positions
Laboratory directors, or their designees, are designated as the
classification officials for SSTM positions. Specific details regarding
each STRL's classification process, control and management of these
positions will be included in the STRL's internal operating procedures.
4. Staffing and Recruitment
Positions may be filled: (a) On a temporary, term, or permanent
basis utilizing appropriate internal and/or external competitive
recruitment procedures; (b) through accretion-of-duties promotions; or
(c) using a direct hire authority. Positions may also be filled
temporarily using non-competitive procedures (e.g., detail and
temporary promotions). Laboratory directors have the discretion to
select the recruitment and staffing method most appropriate based on
the specialized position requirements and available candidate pool.
However, the recruitment and staffing methodology must include: (a) An
internal process which incorporates an impartial, rigorous, and
demanding assessment of candidates to evaluate the breadth of their
technical expertise; (b) an external recruitment process; (c) creation
of panels to assist in filling positions; or (d) other comparable
recruitment and/or staffing mechanisms.
5. Basic Pay Range
The minimum basic pay for SSTM positions is 120 percent of the
minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15. Maximum SSTM basic pay with
locality pay is limited to Executive Level III (EX-III), and maximum
salary without locality pay may not exceed EX-IV.
6. Performance Management
Each STRL will determine the appropriate performance/contribution
management system, non-SES/SL/ST or SES/SL/ST program, to be used to
evaluate an SSTM employee's performance/contribution. The selected
method will be documented in the
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STRL's Demonstration Program internal operating procedures.
7. Pay Retention
Pay retention may be provided to SSTM members under criteria
established by each STRL who are impacted by a reduction in force, work
realignment, or other planned management action that would necessitate
moving the incumbent to a position in a lower pay band within the STRL.
Pay retention may also be provided under criteria established by each
STRL when an SES or ST employee is placed in a SSTM position as a
result of reduction in force or other management action. Grade
retention is not authorized for members of the SSTM.
8. SSTM Supervisory Pay Differential
A supervisory pay differential may be used by laboratory directors
to provide an incentive to appropriately compensate SSTM personnel.
This pay differential is a pay incentive that may range up to 5 percent
of base pay (excludes locality pay) for SSTM personnel. It is paid on a
pay period basis with a specified not-to-exceed date up to 1 year and
may be renewed as appropriate. This pay differential is not included as
part of base pay for any purpose. Criteria to be considered in
determining the amount of the pay differential are: (a) Needs of the
organization; (b) budgetary constraints; (c) years and quality of
related experience; (d) relevant training; (e) performance appraisals;
(f) experience as a supervisor/manager; (g) organizational level of
position; and (h) impact on the organization. The pay differential may
be terminated or reduced at the discretion of the laboratory director
based on legitimate business reasons; however, the pay differential
must be terminated if the employee is removed from a position for which
a pay differential is approved, regardless of cause. Each STRL will
document in their internal operating procedures the method used for
determining payment, reduction, or discontinuation of the pay
differential. All personnel actions involving a supervisory pay
differential will require a statement signed by the employee
acknowledging that the pay differential may be terminated or reduced at
the discretion of the laboratory director. The termination or reduction
of the pay differential is not an adverse action and is not subject to
appeal. The total pay (including locality pay) may not exceed the
midpoint between the maximum rate of basic pay of EX-III and the
maximum rate of basic pay of EX-II, (i.e. $175,000; (calculation is
rounded up to the next thousand) for calendar year 2014). SSTM
employees are subject to the aggregate limitation on pay found in 5
U.S.C. 5307 and 5 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subpart 530.203.
9. SSTM Program Oversight
The program shall be managed and administered by the laboratory
director in compliance with the provisions of this FRN and internal
operating procedures developed by each STRL. The number of SSTM
positions established pursuant to section 1107(f) shall not exceed 1
percent of the number of scientists and engineers employed at such
laboratory as of the close of the last fiscal year before the fiscal
year in which any appointments subject to that numerical limitation are
made, and will be reviewed annually by each STRL's Laboratory Director,
or his/her designee, to determine the appropriate number of positions
authorized as a result of increases or decreases in the STRL's
scientific and engineering workforce. This authorization may be amended
by future legislation.
New appointments under this authority may not be made after
December 31, 2019 unless Section 1107(f) of NDAA for FY 2014 is
amended. Candidates appointed prior to January 1, 2020, may remain in
the position as appropriate.
10. Evaluation
Procedures for evaluating this authority will be incorporated into
the normal STRL demonstration project evaluation process conducted by
the STRLs, DASD(CPP), Director of Laboratories, or Component
Headquarters, as appropriate.
11. Reports
STRLs will provide information and data on the use of this
authority including numerical limitations, hires made, declinations,
difficulties encountered, and/or recognized efficiencies, when
requested by the Military Department or the DASD(CPP).
B. Direct-Hire
1. Authorities
STRLs will use the direct-hire authorities authorized by section
1108, NDAA for FY 2009 and section 1107, NDAA for FY 2014, as
appropriate, to appoint the following:
(a) Candidates with advanced degrees to scientific and engineering
positions;
(b) Candidates with bachelor's degrees to scientific and
engineering positions; and
(c) Veteran candidates to scientific, technical, engineering, and
mathematics positions, including technicians.
New appointments under (b) and (c) above may not be made after
December 31, 2019, unless these authorities are amended by future
legislation.
2. Definitions
(a) Scientific and engineering positions are defined as all
professional positions, both within the personnel demonstration project
and those that are outside the personnel demonstration project as
defined in the applicable FRN in scientific and engineering occupations
with a positive education requirement.
(b) An advanced degree is a Master's or higher degree from an
accredited college or university in a field of scientific or
engineering study directly related to the duties of the position to be
filled.
(c) Scientific, engineering, technical, mathematic, and technician
positions are those demo positions described in the STRL FRN (Appendix
B) or Internal Operating Procedures in the Scientist and Engineer and/
or Technician/Technical Career Paths or positions outside the personnel
demonstration project as defined in the applicable FRN utilized by the
STRLs, that directly support the science and engineering activities.
The non-demo positions will be identified in internal operating
procedures.
(d) Qualified candidates are defined as candidates who:
(1) Meet the minimum qualification standards for the position as
published in OPM's operating manual, ``Qualification Standards for
General Schedule Positions,'' or the STRL's demonstration project
qualification standards specific to the position to be filled; and
(2) Meet any selective factors.
(e) ``Employee'' is defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105.
(f) ``Veteran'' is defined by 38 U.S.C. 101.
3. Provisions
(a) Use of this appointment authority must comply with merit system
principles.
(b) Appointments may be made on a permanent, term, or temporary
basis.
(c) Qualified bachelor's and advanced degree candidates for
scientific and engineering positions may be appointed without regard to
the provisions of subchapter 1 of 5 U.S.C. chapter 33 (other than
sections 3303 and 3328), including 5 CFR parts 300-330 other than
Subpart G of 5 CFR part 300.
(d) Qualified veteran candidates for scientific, technical,
engineering, and
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mathematics positions, including technicians, may be appointed without
regard to the provisions of subchapter 1 of 5 U.S.C. chapter 33,
including 5 CFR parts 300-330 other than Subpart G of 5 CFR part 300.
(e) When documenting personnel actions, cite the first legal
authority code (LAC)/legal authority for all permanent, term,
temporary, or special demonstration project appointments as Z2U/P.L.
103-337. The second LAC/legal authority will be cited as follows:
(1) For appointments of advanced degree candidates to scientific
and engineering positions: Z5C/Direct Hire Auth (STRL-Advanced Degree),
Sec 1108, PL 110-417, 10/14/2008;
(2) For appointments of bachelor's degree candidates to scientific
and engineering positions: Z5C/Direct Hire Auth (STRL-Bachelor), Sec
1107(a)(1), PL 113-66, 12/26/2013; and
(3) For appointments of veteran candidates to scientific,
technical, engineering, and mathematics positions, including
technicians: Z5C/Direct Hire Auth (STRL-Veterans), Sec 1107(a)(2), PL
113-66, 12/26/2013.
4. Authorized Positions
(a) Advanced degree for scientific and engineering positions. The
number of appointments made in a calendar year may not exceed 5 percent
of the total number of demo and non-demo scientific and engineering
positions, to include SES, ST, above GS-15, military and students in
the S&E x99 series, within the STRL that are filled as of the close of
the fiscal year ending before the start of such calendar year.
(b) Bachelor's degree for scientific and engineering positions. The
number of appointments made in a calendar year may not exceed 3 percent
of the total number of demo and non-demo scientific and engineering
positions, to include SES, ST, above GS-15, military and students in
the S&E x99 series, within the STRL that are filled as of the close of
the fiscal year ending before the start of such calendar year.
(c) Veteran authority for scientific, technical, engineering,
mathematics and technician positions. The number of appointments made
in a calendar year may not exceed 1 percent of the total number of demo
and non-demo scientific, technical, engineering, mathematics, and
technician positions, to include SES, ST, above GS-15, military, and
students in the S&E x99 series, within the STRL that are filled as of
the close of the fiscal year ending before the start of such calendar
year.
(d) When determining the number of appointments authorized, if the
percentage of authorized positions does not equate to a whole number,
the STRL shall round down to the next lower number.
(e) These authorizations may be amended by future legislation.
5. Evaluation
STRLs will provide information and data on the use of these direct-
hire appointment authorities including numerical limitations, hires
made, declinations, veterans hired, difficulties encountered, and/or
recognized efficiencies, when requested by the Military Department or
the DASD(CPP).
Appendix A
United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations Waived Science and
Technology Reinvention Laboratories
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Title 5, Code of Federal
Title 5, United States Code Regulations
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5 CFR 359.705 to allow
demonstration project rules
governing pay retention to
apply to a former SES placed
on an SSTM position.
5 U.S.C. Sec. 3104--Employment of 5 CFR 300-330, other than
Specially Qualified Scientific and Subpart G of 300 waived to the
Professional Personnel. Waive to allow extent necessary to allow
scientific, engineering and technology provisions of the direct hire
positions authorized under Section authorities as described in
1107(f) of 2014 NDAA. this Federal Register notice.
5 U.S.C. Sec. 3324--Appointments to ...............................
Positions Classified Above GS-15; and
5 U.S.C. Sec. 3325--Appointments to
Scientific and Professional Positions.
Waived in entirety.
5 U.S.C. Sec. 5301--Policy; 5 U.S.C. 5 CFR 531, subpart F--Locality-
Sec. 5302(8) and (9)--Definitions; 5 based Comparability Payments.
U.S.C. Sec. 5303--Annual Adjustments Waived to the extent necessary
to Pay Schedules; 5 U.S.C. Sec. to allow SSTM employees to be
5304--Locality-based Comparability treated as GS employees and
Payments; and 5 U.S.C. Sec. 5306-- basic rates of pay under the
Pay Fixed by Administrative Action. SSTM to be treated as
Waived to the extent necessary to scheduled annual rates of pay.
allow SSTM employees to be treated as
GS employees and basic rates of pay
under the demonstration project to be
treated as scheduled rates of basic
pay and to permit SSTM pay not to
exceed EX-IV and locality adjusted
SSTM rates not to exceed EX III.
5 U.S.C. Sec. 5363 to the extent 5 CFR 536.306(a) to the extent
necessary to allow SSTMs to receive necessary to allow SSTMs to
pay retention as described in this receive pay retention as
Federal Register Notice. described in this Federal
Register Notice.
5 U.S.C. Sec. 5755 to the extent 5 CFR 575, Subpart D, to the
necessary to allow SSTMs to receive extent necessary to allow
supervisory pay differentials as SSTMs to receive supervisory
described in this Federal Register pay differentials as described
Notice. in this Federal Register
Notice.
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Appendix B
STRLs Federal Register Notice of Approval of a Demonstration Project
Plan
Part 1: STRLs Authorized by Director of Defense Research and
Engineering, Memo 30 Aug 1994 and Section 342 of FY 1995 NDAA,
Public Law 103-337
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STRL Federal Register notice
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Air Force Research Laboratory.......... 61 FR 60400 amended by 75 FR
53076.
Army Research Laboratory............... 63 FR 10680.
Aviation and Missile Research, 62 FR 34906 and 62 FR 34876
Development, and Engineering Center. amended by 65 FR 53142 (AVRDEC
and AMRDEC merged together).
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Communications-Electronics Research, 66 FR 54872.
Development, and Engineering Center.
Engineer Research and Development 63 FR 14580.
Center.
Medical Research and Material Command.. 63 FR 10440.
Naval Research Laboratory.............. 64 FR 33970.
Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare 62 FR 64050.
Centers.
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Part 2. STRLs Authorized by Section 1105 of FY 2010 NDAA, Public
Law 111-84
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STRL Federal Register notice
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Armament Research, Development and 76 FR 3744.
Engineering Center.
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.... 74 FR 68936.
Natick Soldier Research, Development 74 FR 68448.
and Engineering Center.
Naval Air Systems Command Warfare 76 FR 8530.
Centers, Weapons and Aircraft
Divisions.
Office of Naval Research............... 75 FR 77380.
Space and Naval Warfare Systems 76 FR 1924.
Command, Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center, Atlantic and Pacific.
Tank Automotive Research, Development 76 FR 12508.
and Engineering Center.
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Dated: July 23, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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