scope:

PURPOSE

a. Instruction. This instruction is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. The purpose of the overall instruction, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), is to establish and implement policy, establish procedures, provide guidelines and model programs, delegate authority, and assign responsibilities regarding civilian personnel management within the DoD.

b. Volume. In accordance with DoD Directive 1400.25 (Reference (b)), and the authority in Reference (a), this volume reissues Volume 511 of this instruction (Reference (c)) to:

(1) Establish DoD policy and procedures, assign responsibilities, and define coverage, exclusions, and terms for the DoD Classification Program as it applies to all aspects of the program for the General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage System (FWS) except where otherwise specified.

(2) Establish a DoD system for:

(a) Employees to appeal the classification of their positions within the DoD as the employing agency or through the Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS) to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

(b) Managing consistency reviews that result from classification appeals and other reviews that are considered necessary by OPM, OSD, or the DoD Components.

APPLICABILITY

a. General. This volume applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this volume as the "DoD Components"), except as excluded by section 5102 of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (d)).

b. Employees and Positions

(1) This volume covers bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit employees under the GS and FWS pay systems.

(2) This volume does not cover employees and positions excluded by section 709 of Title 32, U.S.C. (Reference (e)) and Reference (d) except for those in section 5102(c)(7) of Reference (d) within the FWS pay system. This volume also excludes Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior Level (SL), scientific and technical (ST), non-appropriated fund, Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System, or above GS-15 equivalent demonstration project employees and positions that are treated as SES, SL, or ST employees for basic rate of pay purposes.

c. Appealable Issues. Except as identified in paragraphs 2a and 2b of this section, this volume applies to any appeal relating to the classification of the position (i.e., the title, series, grade, or pay system) that an employee or group of employees officially occupies.

d. Nonappealable Issues. This volume does not apply to:

(1) The accuracy of the official position description (PD) including the inclusion or exclusion of a major duty;

(2) An assignment or detail outside the range of the official PD;

(3) The accuracy, consistency, or use of DoD-unique or DoD Component-unique supplemental classification guidance; or

(4) Position titles not prescribed by OPM classification standards, i.e., constructed position titles or optional parenthetical titles.