scope:

PURPOSE

This Subchapter implements the Department's staffing and employment program policy and prescribes procedures for program management under the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). Subject to the provisions of Section 9902 of Reference (a), and Section 9901, Subpart E of Reference (b), the rules and policy governing staffing and employment programs are revised. Rules and procedures not specifically revised by this Subchapter are still applicable.

APPLICABILITY

This subchapter applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 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 in the Department of Defense under NSPS (hereafter collectively referred to as the "DoD Components").