DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE . priority placement . PROGRAM (PPP) HANDBOOK. DEFENSE Civilian Personnel Advisory Service November 2019. November 2019. PPP Handbook FOREWORD. This Handbook implements DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE (DoD) policy and procedures for the operation and administration of the DoD priority placement Program. It replaces the PPP. Handbook, which was last issued in July 2011. The provisions of this Handbook are effective immediately. Unless excluded by a specific policy exception, they apply to all DEFENSE organizations except those listed in Chapter 1, Section B.

2 Recommended revisions, corrections or changes to this handbook should be submitted through DoD Component channels to the Associate Director, Employment and Compensation, and the Workforce Shaping Office, DEFENSE Civilian Personnel Advisory Service. A copy of this handbook is available on the Automated Stopper and Referral System website. November 2019. PPP Handbook DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE . priority placement PROGRAM (PPP) HANDBOOK. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1-i CHAPTER 2 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE priority placement . PROGRAM (PPP) AND OTHER programs 2-i CHAPTER 3 REGISTRATION IN PROGRAM A 3-i CHAPTER 4 MATCHING AND FILLING POSITIONS 4-i CHAPTER 5 PROCEDURES FOR OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES.

3 5-i CHAPTER 6 PAY SETTING AND PERMANENT CHANGE OF. STATION COSTS 6-i CHAPTER 7 AUTOMATED STOPPER AND REFERRAL SYSTEM. (ASARS) REGISTRATION FORMAT CODING. INSTRUCTIONS 7-i CHAPTER 8 AUTOMATED STOPPER AND REFERRAL SYSTEM. (ASARS) PROCEDURES 8-i CHAPTER 9 REPORT ACTIONS 9-i CHAPTER 10 OPTION CODES 10-i CHAPTER 11 RESERVE COMPONENT MILITARY TECHNICIAN (RCMT). placement programs ( programs C, D, AND K) 11-i CHAPTER 12 DEFENSE OUTPLACEMENT REFERRAL SYSTEM. (DORS) (PROGRAM Z) 12-i CHAPTER 13 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (DA) FAMILY MEMBER. placement PROGRAM (PROGRAM F) 13-i i DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE .

4 priority placement PROGRAM (PPP) HANDBOOK. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page CHAPTER 14 DOD MILITARY SPOUSE PREFERENCE (MSP). APPLICANTS 14-i CHAPTER 15 DOD RETAINED GRADE placement PROGRAM. (PROGRAM R) 15-i CHAPTER 16 RESERVE COMPONENT MILITARY TECHNICIAN. DISABILITY (RCMT DISABILITY) placement 16-i PROGRAM (PROGRAM G). CHAPTER 17 (Reserved for future use) 17-i CHAPTER 18 (Reserved for future use) 18-i CHAPTER 19 (Reserved for future use) 19-i CHAPTER 20 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE CIVILIAN SPOUSE. placement PROGRAM (PROGRAM N) 20-i ii i November 2019. PPP Handbook CHAPTER 1.

5 GENERAL INFORMATION. TABLE OF CONTENTS. SECTIONS Page A. Purpose 1-1. B. Applicability 1-1. C. Program Overview 1-1. D. Definitions/Glossary 1-2. E. Responsibilities 1-11. F. Program Administration 1-14. G. Basic Requirements 1-14. APPENDIX Page A. PPP Handbook Revision 1-A-1. i 1-i 1 November 2019. PPP Handbook CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. References: (a) DoD Directive , DoD Civilian Personnel Management System, . November 25, 1996. (b) DoD Instruction , DoD Civilian Personnel Management System, . as amended, authorized by DoD Directive , November 25, 1996.

6 (c) Title 5, United States Code (d) Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (e) Title 10, United States Code (f) DoD Joint Travel Regulations A. PURPOSE. This Handbook provides standard operating procedures for the DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE (DoD) priority placement Program (PPP) as required under reference (a) and Volume 1800. of reference (b). It also delegates authority and assigns overall responsibility for administration of the PPP. The procedures in this Handbook shall be used by all DoD. organizations to which the PPP applies. B. APPLICABILITY. This Handbook applies to the Office of the Secretary of DEFENSE (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 DEFENSE organizations employing civilian appropriated fund personnel (hereafter collectively referred to as DoD.)

7 Components ). The DEFENSE Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the White House Military Office, and the positions realigned to the 16th Air Force that previously constituted the 25th Air Force, also known as Air Force Intelligence, are exempt from PPP. requirements. C. PROGRAM OVERVIEW. 1. It is DoD policy under references (a) and (b) that adverse effects on employees caused by certain employment actions will be mitigated to the extent possible through the DoD PPP.

8 Such employment actions include, but are not limited to, reductions in force (RIF), base closures, realignments, consolidations, contracting out, position classification decisions, rotation from overseas, and separation due to declination of a transfer of function (TOF), transfer of work (TOW), or covered management-directed reassignment (MDR). outside the commuting area. The PPP is the primary means for implementing this policy throughout DoD. Additionally, other categories of individuals eligible for priority placement under the PPP will be afforded the opportunity to apply to vacancy 11-1.

9 2 November 2019. PPP Handbook announcements as priority placement applicants. The DoD Components are not authorized to establish duplicative programs . However, within their current employing activity, employees identified under the Component's local priority procedures may take precedence over PPP candidates for priority placement . 2. The PPP is a two-tiered program that provides career placement assistance to individuals who are eligible for priority consideration. Some will exercise their priority status by virtue of registration and referral through the Automated Stopper and Referral System (ASARS) which automatically matches PPP registrants to DoD positions commensurate with their qualifications.

10 Others will exercise their priority status by applying for positions on their own initiative through an application-based process and will be referred to as PPP applicants. The PPP consists of several subprograms with the primary purpose of placing DoD employees who have been adversely affected through no fault of their own. These subprograms are referred to collectively in this Handbook as the PPP. The principal program within the PPP is Program A, which applies primarily to displaced employees and certain returning overseas employees. The operating procedures for Program A also apply to all of the following programs unless specifically modified in the respective Chapters of this Handbook: a.