DOE O 3350.1 Chg 1, Furlough in the Senior Executive Service

DISTRIBUTION: INITIATED BY: All Departmental Elements Office of This, That and the Other U.S. Department of Energy ORDER Washington, D.C. Approved: 09-13-82 Change 1: 11-23-84 SUBJECT: FURLOUGH IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE 1. PURPOSE. To establish procedures for furlough of career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) in the Department of Energy (DOE). 2. REFERENCES. a. Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, part 359, subpart H, contains regulatory authority and procedural requirements for a furlough of SES members. b. Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, part 1200-1201, provides regulations and procedures of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). c. Federal Personnel Manual (FPM) supplement 296-33, subchapter 6, provides information on the computation of creditable service for reduction in force and leave which also applies to service credit for SES furlough under this directive. 3. DEFINITIONS. a. Career Appointee. For the purposes of this directive only, a career member of the SES who is not serving the 1-year probationary period and who is not serving as a reemployed annuitant. b. Competitive Area. For purposes of selection for furlough in the SES, the organizational and geographical area within which career and probationary appointees compete. Each Headquarters first-tier organization and each field organization shall be separate competitive areas. If an organization has activities in more than one commuting area, each commuting area shall be a separate competitive area. For purposes of this Order, first-tier is defined as an organization reporting to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary, such as the Office of Energy Research or General Counsel. c. Furlough. Placing an appointee temporarily in a nonpay, nonduty status because of lack of work or funds or other nondisciplinary reason when the Department intends to recall the appointee to a pay and duty status within 1 year. DOE 3350.1 DOE O 3350.1 (Purpose, References, Definitions) Page Change Explanation Sheet