Notice2024-11142
Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project Program
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May 21, 2024
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Abstract
STRLs may implement innovative approaches to attract and retain exceptional talent who are participating in Demo projects. The flexibilities described herein allow the STRLs to better manage their workforce by authorizing: flexible extended temporary promotion and temporary reassignment for supervisory and team leader positions; a recruitment incentive in the form of time-off awards (time off from duty without loss of pay or charge to leave); retention counter-offers for high performing employees in scientific, technical, or administrative positions; and certain awards management authorities for STRL directors. The flexibilities and procedures described herein are in addition to and do not supersede or cancel flexibilities described in previously published STRL Federal Register Notices (FRNs).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44648-44652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11142]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2024-OS-0020]
Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel
Demonstration Project Program
AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
(USD(R&E)), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: This notice provides new authorities to all Science and
Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL) Personnel Demonstration (Demo)
Projects.
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SUMMARY: STRLs may implement innovative approaches to attract and
retain exceptional talent who are participating in Demo projects. The
flexibilities described herein allow the STRLs to better manage their
workforce by authorizing: flexible extended temporary promotion and
temporary reassignment for supervisory and team leader positions; a
recruitment incentive in the form of time-off awards (time off from
duty without loss of pay or charge to leave); retention counter-offers
for high performing employees in scientific, technical, or
administrative positions; and certain awards management authorities for
STRL directors. The flexibilities and procedures described herein are
in addition to and do not supersede or cancel flexibilities described
in previously published STRL Federal Register Notices (FRNs).
DATES: Implementation of this Federal Register notice will begin no
earlier than May 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of Defense:
<bullet> Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, Defense Research Enterprise: Dr. Jagadeesh Pamulapati,
571-372-6372, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7fdd6d0d6d3d2d2c4df99e7d6dac2dbd6c7d6c3de99d4dec1f7dad6dedb99dadedb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="410b20262025242432296f11202c342d20312035286f222837012c20282d6f2c282d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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Department of the Air Force:
<bullet> Air Force Research Laboratory: Ms. Rosalyn Jones-Byrd,
937-656-9747, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acfec3dfcdc0d5c282e6c3c2c9df81eed5dec8ecd9df82cdca82c1c5c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="71231e02101d081f5f3b1e1f14025c330803153104025f10175f1c181d">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Joint Warfare Analysis Center: Ms. Amy Balmaz, 540-653-
8598, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1455796d3a403a56757879756e3a777d625479757d783a797d78"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="09486470275d274b6865646873276a607f496468606527646065">[email protected]</span></a>.
Department of the Army:
<bullet> Army Futures Command: Ms. Marlowe Richmond, 512-726-4397,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f624e5d4340584a017d464c474240414b014c46596f4e5d425601424643"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db96baa9b7b4acbef589b2b8b3b6b4b5bff5b8b2ad9bbaa9b6a2f5b6b2b7">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social
Sciences: Dr. Scott Shadrick, 254-288-3800,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7221111d06061b175c305c211a1316001b11195c111b043213001f0b5c1f1b1e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7320101c07071a165d315d201b1217011a10185d101a053312011e0a5d1e1a1f">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center:
Ms. Pota Kripotos, 973-724-9165, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d484bba0b5fa9fa6bda4bba0bba7fab7bda294b5a6b9adfab9bdb8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c494abb0a5ea8fb6adb4abb0abb7eaa7adb284a5b6a9bdeaa9ada8">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research
Laboratory: Mr. Christopher Tahaney, 410-278-9069,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#74371c061d07001b041c11065a275a20151c151a110d5a171d02341506190d5a191d18"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32715a405b41465d425a57401c611c66535a535c574b1c515b447253405f4b1c5f5b5e">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and
Missile Center: Ms. Nancy Salmon, 256-876-9647,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#450b242b263c6b066b162429282a2b776b262c33052437283c6b282c29"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="185679767b61365b364b79747577762a367b716e58796a756136757174">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical
Biological Center: Ms. Patricia Milwicz, 410-417-2343,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9b9889d9b808a8088c7a5c7a480859e808a93c78a809fa9889b8490c7848085"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0151607573686268602f4d2f4c686d7668627b2f6268774160736c782f6c686d">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command, Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Center: Ms. Angela Clybourn, 443-395-2110,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44052a232128256a096a07283d262b362a6a272d32042536293d6a292d28"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3f2ddd4d6dfd29dfe9df0dfcad1dcc1dd9dd0dac5f3d2c1deca9ddedadf">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle
Systems Center: Ms. Jennifer Davis, 586-306-4166,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91dbf4fffff8f7f4e3bfddbfd5f0e7f8e2a0bff2f8e7d1f0e3fce8bffcf8fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a406f6464636c6f782446244e6b7c63793b2469637c4a6b78677324676366">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center:
Ms. Sarah Palmer, 508-206-3421, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97c4f6e5f6ffb9d5b9c7f6fbfaf2e5b9f4fee1d7f6e5faeeb9fafefb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2073415241480e620e70414c4d45520e4349566041524d590e4d494c">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Engineer Research and Development Center: Dr. Lucy Priddy,
601-415-7845, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c08cb5a3b9ee90ee90b2a9a4a4b980b5b3a1a3a5eea1b2adb9eeada9ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88c4fdebf1a6d8a6d8fae1ececf1c8fdfbe9ebeda6e9fae5f1a6e5e1e4">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Medical Research and Development Command: Ms. Linda Krout,
301-619-7276, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1edc8cfc5c08feb8fead3ced4d58fc2c8d7e1c9c4c0cdd5c98fccc8cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1edc8cfc5c08feb8fead3ced4d58fc2c8d7e1c9c4c0cdd5c98fccc8cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Technical Center, Space and Missile Defense Command: Dr.
Chad Marshall, 256-955-5697, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aeedc6cfca80e480e3cfdcddc6cfc2c280cdc7d8eecfdcc3d780c3c7c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a08b8287cda9cdae8291908b828f8fcd808a95a382918e9acd8e8a8f">[email protected]</span></a>.
Department of the Navy:
<bullet> Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division and Aircraft
Division: Mr. Richard Cracraft, 760-939-8115,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0a2999398918294deb1deb382919382919684c2de939986b08583de9e918689de9d999c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73211a101b1201175d325d3001121001121507415d101a053306005d1d12050a5d1e1a1f">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering and
Expeditionary Warfare Center: Ms. Kelly Mitchell, 508-206-3430,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f446a63637621432142667b6c676a63633e39216c66794f7a7c21616e797621626663"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efa48a838396c1a3c1a2869b8c878a8383ded9c18c8699af9a9cc1818e9996c1828683">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Naval Information Warfare Centers:
[cir] Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic: Mr. Michael
Gagnon, 843-218-3871, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e13373d363f3b32701270193f393031306c703d37281e2b2d70303f282770333732"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baf7d3d9d2dbdfd694f694fddbddd4d5d48894d9d3ccfacfc994d4dbccc394d7d3d6">[email protected]</span></a>.
[cir] Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific: Sharmeka Speights,
619-553-6282, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91c2f9f0e3fcf4faf0bffcbfe2e1f4f8f6f9e5e2bff2f8e7d1e4e2bffff0e7e8bffcf8fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9aa91988b949c9298d794d78a899c909e918d8ad79a908fb98c8ad797988f80d7949095">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Naval Medical Research Center: Dr. Jill Phan, 301-319-
7645, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80cae9ececaec3aed0e8e1eeaee3e9f6c0ede1e9ecaeede9ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="175d7e7b7b395439477f767939747e61577a767e7b397a7e7b">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Naval Research Laboratory: Ms. Ginger Kisamore, 202-731-
8100, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42052b2c2527306c092b31232f2d3027022c302e6c2c23343b6c2f2b2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5b29c9b929087dbbe9c8694989a8790b59b8799db9b94838cdb989c99">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers: Ms. Diane
Brown, 215-897-1619, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2e6cbc3ccc78ce88ce0d0cdd5cc8cc1cbd4e2d7d18cccc3d4db8ccfcbce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="65210c040b004b2f4b27170a120b4b060c132510164b0b04131c4b080c09">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Office of Naval Research: Ms. Margaret J. Mitchell, 703-
588-2364, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b062a392c2a392e3f65016506223f28232e27270b252a3d3265262227"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1954786b7e786b7c6d37533754706d7a717c75755977786f6037747075">[email protected]</span></a>.
Marine Corps:
<bullet> Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity: Lissa
Henriksen, 760-587-6893, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d69abfa5a5b7f89ab7bab9b8b2b396a3a5bbb5f8bbbfba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6fadfc5c5d798fad7dad9d8d2d3f6c3c5dbd598dbdfda">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
Through the USD(R&E), the Secretary exercises the authorities
granted to the Office of Personnel Management under 5 United States
Code (U.S.C.) 4703 to conduct personnel demonstration projects at DoD
laboratories designated as STRLs. All STRLs authorized pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 4121 may use the provisions described in this FRN for employees
participating in the Demo project. STRLs implementing these
flexibilities must have an approved personnel demonstration project
plan published in an FRN and must fulfill any collective bargaining
obligations. Each STRL will establish internal operating procedures
(IOPs) as appropriate.
The 22 current STRLs are:
<bullet> Air Force Research Laboratory
<bullet> Joint Warfare Analysis Center
<bullet> Army Futures Command
<bullet> Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research
Laboratory
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile
Center
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological
Center
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command, Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Center
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems
Center
<bullet> Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center
<bullet> Engineer Research and Development Center
<bullet> Medical Research and Development Command
<bullet> Technical Center, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
<bullet> Naval Air Systems Command Warfare Centers
<bullet> Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering and
Expeditionary Warfare Center
<bullet> Naval Information Warfare Centers, Atlantic and Pacific
<bullet> Naval Medical Research Center
<bullet> Naval Research Laboratory
<bullet> Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers
<bullet> Office of Naval Research
<bullet> Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity
2. Summary of Comments
On March 15, 2024, the DoD published a notice (89 FR 18914-18921)
concerning four new flexibilities, for a 30-day public comment period.
The public comment period ended on April 15, 2024. One commenter
commented on the flexibility to allow time-off awards as a recruitment
incentive. Specifically, the commenter suggested that time-off awards
be used as a retention incentive as well, allowing the STRL Director to
use time-off in lieu of a bonus as part of the assessment system.
In response, the Department notes that some STRLs currently allow
for time-off as part of their assessment process and other STRLs could
adopt that process if interested.
3. Overview
I. Introduction
A. Purpose
This FRN provides new personnel management flexibilities designed
to enable the STRL Directors to be more agile and competitive in
attracting, hiring, and retaining world-class candidates in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics career fields and in career
fields that directly support the STRL mission. Specifically, this
notice provides a new approach to assigning employees to supervisory
and team leader positions within the STRL Demo project by authorizing a
time-limited, renewable temporary promotion and a renewable temporary
reassignment authority; time-off awards as a recruitment incentive for
employees to accept positions in the Demo project; retention counter-
offers for high performing employees in scientific, technical, or
administrative positions
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within the STRL Demo project; and awards management authority for STRL
Directors.
The authority to offer time-limited supervisory and team leader
positions to employees participating in the Demo project will enable
STRL Directors to better manage their workforce by (1) taking
individual career preferences into consideration; (2) increasing
efforts in succession planning; (3) allowing for periodic assessments
of the supervisory talent pool; (4) allowing for better utilization of
supervisory and leadership skills and experience; (5) enhancing
organizational planning; and (6) synchronizing timelines for
supervisory and leadership continuity. Additionally, it provides
greater flexibilities to employees by increasing flexibility in
individual development and providing more pathways to developmental
assignments to broaden and deepen their experiential base.
The authority to provide time-off awards as a recruitment incentive
to employees participating in the Demo project enables the STRLs to
better compete with industry where time-off is often part of
recruitment packages. Such an incentive may be especially attractive to
candidates from outside of Government who value time off and typically
would not accumulate a significant balance of paid leave for some time.
The authority to provide retention counteroffers to high performing
employees participating in the Demo project in any career field, who
have critical skills, and present evidence of alternative employment
opportunities with higher compensation, will enable the STRLs to
continue to meet mission requirements by retaining key employees.
The authority for STRL Directors to manage award funding for
employees participating in the Demo project, consistent with the STRL's
budget, will enable STRLs to fully utilize their contribution- or
performance-based pay systems by providing timely award funding for pay
pools which are often administered on different cycles than those
applicable to employees who are not participating in a Demo project.
B. Required Waivers to Law and Regulation
Waivers and adaptations of certain title 5, U.S.C. and title 5,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provisions are required only to the
extent that these statutory and regulatory provisions limit or are
inconsistent with the actions authorized under an approved STRL
Demonstration project. Appendix A lists waivers needed to enact
authorities described in this FRN. Nothing in this plan is intended to
preclude STRLs from adopting or incorporating any law or regulation
enacted, adopted, or amended after the effective date of this FRN.
C. Problems With Present System
Despite the authorities already available to STRLs, some
laboratories still have difficulty recruiting and retaining supervisors
or team leaders within the organization. STRLs need the ability to
shape the mix of skills and expertise to position the most qualified
personnel in a given position to meet new research and development
missions. The problem with the traditional system is that it does not
support flexibility in organizational and succession planning. Time-
limited supervisory and team leader positions will enable management to
periodically evaluate these positions, taking into consideration
mission needs, as well as employee career development, and
organizational succession planning. It will also offer experiential
opportunities for employees interested in becoming supervisors and team
leaders. This dynamic will support individual development,
organizational planning, synchronizing timelines for supervisory/
leadership continuity, and calibrating career expectations vs. mission
needs. Similar to the Flexible Extended Temporary Promotion Authority
for ST and Senior Scientific Technical Manager positions documented in
the Air Force Research Laboratory FRN, 82 FR 38896, STRLs need the
flexibility to offer temporary promotions and temporary reassignments
not to exceed five years, with the ability to extend in no longer then
five-year increments, for all supervisory and team leader positions.
STRLs need numerous flexible tools to use in their battle for
talent. Current recruitment incentives involve monetary payments only
and offer no means to provide additional paid time off from duty as a
recruitment incentive. Providing a time-off award, instead of or in
addition to other incentives, will enable STRLs to better compete for
critical talent.
Retaining critical talent is also a priority for STRLs. The
retention incentive available under 5 CFR part 575 subpart C is limited
to 25 percent of an employee's basic pay and requires documented
analysis of employment trends and labor market factors; quality and
availability of potential sources of employees; the success of recent
efforts to recruit candidates; retention of similar employees; and
other factors. This monetary limit and time-consuming process prevents
STRLs from effectively countering recruitment offers from the private
sector. Similar to the retention counteroffer for employees with
critical scientific or technical skills documented in the Technical
Center of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command FRN, 84 FR
49255, this retention counteroffer for all STRL employees participating
in the Demo project, regardless of career field, will allow the STRLs
to retain critical talent by quickly approving an increase to basic pay
and/or an incentive up to 50 percent of an employee's basic pay in
circumstances where employees with critical skills receive an offer of
employment with higher compensation.
Finally, the timing of DoD awards guidance is generally consistent
with the Defense Performance Management and Appraisal Program which
uses an assessment cycle that ends in the March/April timeframe.
Because STRL performance and contribution-based systems often use
different assessment cycles and issue special act and notable
achievement awards during the first quarter of the fiscal year,
independent authority to issue awards will promote greater efficiency
in the administration of STRL Demo projects.
D. Participating Organizations and Employees
All DoD laboratories designated as STRLs pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
4121(b), as well as any additional laboratories designated as STRLs by
the Secretary of Defense, through the USD(R&E), with approved personnel
demonstration project plans published in FRNs may use the provisions
described in this FRN. Absent another statutory authority to provide
these flexibilities, the provisions do not apply to employees who are
not candidates for or incumbents of positions participating in the demo
projects authorized by 10 U.S.C. 4121, to include prevailing rate
employees (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 5342(a)(2)) and senior executives (as
defined by section 3132(a)(3) of such title). STRLs implementing these
flexibilities must first fulfill any collective bargaining obligations.
II. Personnel System Changes
A. Description and Implementation
1. Flexible Temporary Assignments
An STRL Director may approve flexible temporary promotions or
reassignments to supervisory and team leader positions for not more
than five years, with the ability to extend without limit in no more
than five-year increments for candidates who are current Federal
employees participating
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in the demo project. The candidates must meet the Office of Personnel
Management Qualification Standard for the position. The initial
flexible temporary promotion must be made using competitive procedures.
Prior to extending a temporary promotion or reassignment or making the
action permanent, management will decide based on mission needs,
employee career development, and organizational succession planning on
whether the employee should continue in the position on a temporary or
permanent basis. If not extended on a temporary basis or made
permanent, the employee will return to the position held prior to the
temporary assignment or to a position within the STRL comparable in
duties and pay band to the position held before the assignment. Upon
termination of the temporary promotion or reassignment, pay will be set
in accordance with the STRL's applicable pay setting rules and internal
operating procedures. To be converted to a permanent supervisory or
team leader position, the employee must: (1) have been notified in
writing at the time of the initial action of the possibility of the
temporary assignment being made permanent at a later date; (2) served a
minimum of one year of continuous service in the temporary position;
and (3) have at least a successful or equivalent performance rating in
any applicable supervisory/leadership performance element. STRLs will
document their plans and processes in IOPs.
2. Authority To Provide Time-off as a Recruitment Incentive
An STRL Director may provide a newly hired or newly converted
participant in the demo project up to 80 hours of time-off from duty,
without loss of pay or charge to leave, as a recruitment incentive, to
be used within one year. This recruitment incentive will be processed
in the same manner as a time-off award available under the authority in
5 U.S.C. chapter 45, but it is not provided pursuant to that authority
and is not subject to otherwise applicable limits on the use of that
authority. The time-off provided as a recruitment incentive may not be
converted to cash payment and is forfeited if not used within 12 months
after it is posted to the employee's leave account. STRLs may require a
service agreement when offering this recruitment incentive. STRLs will
document in IOPs the criteria for determining the amount of paid time
off that may be provided as a recruitment incentive.
3. Retention Counteroffers
STRL Directors may offer a retention counteroffer to high
performing employees participating in the demo project, with critical
scientific, technical, or administrative skills, in any career field,
who present credible evidence of an alternative employment opportunity
with higher compensation. Such employees may be provided increased
basic pay (up to the top of the pay band/cap within a pay band) and/or
a one-time cash payment that does not exceed 50 percent of one year of
base pay. Retention counteroffers, either in the form of a base pay
increase and/or a lump sum payment, count toward the Executive Level I
aggregate limitation on pay consistent with 5 U.S.C. 5307 and 5 CFR
part 530, subpart B. STRLs may require a service agreement when
offering this retention counteroffer. Further details will be published
in STRL IOPs.
4. STRL Award Management Authority
STRL compensation strategies develop and foster a culture of
recognition. Strategic use of awards and recognition throughout the
year adds value to the STRLs and supports retention of high performing/
contributing employees. STRL Directors manage the workforce strength,
structure, positions, and compensation without regard to any limitation
on appointments, positions, or funding in a manner consistent with the
budget available. STRL Directors will execute contribution/performance-
based payouts, awards and bonuses, and non-ratings-based awards and
bonuses for the demo workforce consistent with demo project plans and
available funds budgeted for that purpose. Unless directed or
authorized by the USD(R&E), in coordination with the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, DoD Components will not impose
additional management limitations on the payments of contribution/
performance-based payouts, awards and bonuses, and non-ratings-based
awards and bonuses.
B. Evaluation
Procedures for evaluating these authorities will be incorporated
into the STRL demonstration project evaluation processes conducted by
the STRLs, OUSD(R&E), or Component headquarters, as appropriate.
C. Reports
STRLs will track and provide information and data on the use of
these authorities when requested by the Component headquarters or
OUSD(R&E).
Appendix A: Required Waivers to Laws and Regulations
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Title 5, Code of Federal
Title 5, United States Code Regulations
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5 U.S.C. 45, subchapter 1--Awards for 5 CFR part 335, section
Superior Accomplishments. Waived to 335.102(f)--Agency authority
the extent necessary to allow the STRL to promote, demote, or
Director to implement the reassign. Waived to the extent
flexibilities in this Federal Register necessary to allow extensions
and provide paid time-off as a of temporary promotions and
recruitment incentive, provide reassignments as described in
retention and other incentive awards, this Federal Register Notice.
and provide contribution- and 5 CFR part 451, subpart A--
performance-based payouts, as Agency Awards. Waived to the
described in this FRN. extent necessary to allow the
STRL Director to implement the
flexibilities in this Federal
Register and provide paid time-
off as a retention incentive,
provide retention incentives
and other incentive awards,
and execute contribution and
performance-based payouts, as
described in this FRN.
5 CFR part 575, subpart A and
subpart C--Recruitment and
Retention Incentives. Waived
to the extent necessary to
allow the STRL Director to
implement the recruitment and
retention flexibilities as
described in this Federal
Register notice, to include
paying a retention
counteroffer up to 50 percent
of basic pay to retain high
performing employees and to
determine whether a service
agreement is required.
Criteria for these
determinations will be as
prescribed in 5 U.S.C. 5754
unless otherwise specified in
this FRN.
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Appendix B. Authorized STRLs and Federal Register Notices
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STRL Federal Register Notice
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Air Force Research Laboratory.......... 61 FR 60400 amended by 75 FR
53076.
Joint Warfare Analysis Center.......... 85 FR 29414.
Army Futures Command................... 89 FR 13548.
Army Research Institute for Behavioral 85 FR 76038.
and Social Sciences.
Combat Capabilities Development Command 76 FR 3744.
Armaments Center.
Combat Capabilities Development Command 63 FR 10680.
Army Research Laboratory.
Combat Capabilities Development Command 62 FR 34906 and 62 FR 34876
Aviation and Missile Center. amended by 65 FR 53142.
Combat Capabilities Development Command 74 FR 68936.
Chemical Biological Center.
Command, Control, Communications, 66 FR 54872.
Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Center.
Combat Capabilities Development Command 76 FR 12508.
Ground Vehicle Systems Center.
Combat Capabilities Development Command 74 FR 68448.
Soldier Center.
Engineer Research and Development 63 FR 14580 amended by 65 FR
Center. 32135.
Medical Research and Development 63 FR 10440.
Command.
Technical Center, US Army Space and 85 FR 3339.
Missile Defense Command.
Naval Air Systems Command Warfare 76 FR 8530.
Centers.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command 86 FR 14084.
Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare
Center.
Naval Information Warfare Centers, 76 FR 1924.
Atlantic and Pacific.
Naval Medical Research Center.......... Not yet published.
Naval Research Laboratory.............. 64 FR 33970.
Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare 62 FR 64050.
Centers.
Office of Naval Research............... 75 FR 77380.
Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Not yet published.
Activity.
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Dated: May 16, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-11142 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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