scope:

This instruction applies to all action resulting in involuntary separation, change to lower grade, or reassignment of civilian employees and all actions involving the relocation of civilian employees outside the commuting area resulting from workforce and workload adjustments, reorganizations, resource limitations, base closure, contracting-out determinations, mission changes and similar causes. The approval provisions of this instruction also apply to non-emergency and emergency furloughs. This instruction covers all appropriated fund civilian employees in NAVFAC headquarters (HQ) and its subordinate commands. It does not apply to Senior Executive Service (SES), foreign national positions or to displacement actions caused by the exercise of statutory return rights.

Purpose. To provide guidance for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) on civilian workforce shaping including reduction in force (RIF), transfer of function, transfer of work, furlough, the use of the Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (VSIP), and Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) in accordance with references (a) through (h)