Sec. 1111. Pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense laboratories
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The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasability and advisability of the use of the authorities specified in subsection
(b)at the Department of Defense laboratories specified in subsection
(c)to permit the directors of such laboratories to dynamically shape the mix of technical skills and expertise in the workforces of such laboratories in order to achieve one or more of the following: To meet organizational and Department-designated missions in the most cost-effective and efficient manner. To upgrade and enhance the scientific quality of the workforces of such laboratories. To shape such workforces to better respond to such missions. To reduce the average unit cost of such workforces. The authorities that may be used by the director of a Department of Defense laboratory under the pilot program are the following: Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, authority otherwise available to the director by law (and within the available budgetary resources of the laboratory) to appoint qualified scientific and technical personnel who are not currently Department of Defense civilian employees into any scientific or technical position in the laboratory for a period of more than one year but not more than six years. Personnel appointed under this paragraph shall be provided with benefits comparable to those provided to similar employees at the laboratory concerned, including professional development opportunities, eligibility for all laboratory awards programs, and designation as status applicants for the purposes of eligibility for positions in the Federal service. The appointment of any individual under this paragraph may be extended at any time during any term of service of the individual under this paragraph for an additional period of up to six years under such conditions as the director concerned shall establish for purposes of this paragraph. For purposes of determining the workforce size of a laboratory in connection with compliance with section 955 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ; 126 Stat. 1896; 10 U.S.C. 129a note), any individual serving in an appointment under this paragraph shall be treated as a fractional employee of the laboratory, which fraction is— the current term of appointment of the individual under this paragraph; divided by the average length of tenure of a career employee at the laboratory, as calculated at the end of the last fiscal year ending before the date of the most recent appointment or extension of the individual under this paragraph. Authority to reemploy annuitants in accordance with section 9902(g) of title 5, United States Code, except that as a condition for reemployment the director may authorize the deduction from the pay of any annuitant so reemployed of an amount up to the amount of the annuity otherwise payable to such annuitant allocable to the period of actual employment of such annuitant, which amount shall be determined in a manner specified by the director for purposes of this paragraph to ensure the most cost effective execution of designated missions by the laboratory while retaining critical technical skills. Authority to authorize voluntary early retirement of employees in accordance with section 8336 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to section 8336(d)(2)(D) or 3522 of such title, and with employees so separated voluntarily from service under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of the pilot program. Authority to pay voluntary separation pay to employees in accordance with section 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, without regard to clause
(iv)or
(v)of such section or section 3522, of such title, and with— employees so separated voluntarily from service under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of the pilot program; and payments to employees so separated authorized under section 3523 of such title without regard to— the plan otherwise required by section 3522 of such title; and paragraph
(1)or
(3)of section 3523(b) of such title. The Department of Defense laboratories specified in this subsection are the laboratories specified in section 1105(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2486; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note). The authority in this section shall expire on December 31, 2023. The expiration in paragraph
(1)shall not be construed to effect the continuation after the date specified in paragraph
(1)of any term of employment or other benefit authorized under this section before that date in accordance with the terms of such authorization.
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- Pub. L. 112-239
- 126 Stat. 1896
- Pub. L. 111-84
- 123 Stat. 2486
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Sec. 1111
Pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense laboratories
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239
Stat.126 Stat. 1896
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-84
Stat.123 Stat. 2486
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