THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMY OF THE AIR FORCE 1775
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington DC
5 June 2025

*Army Regulation 690–300

Effective 5 June 2025

Civilian Personnel

Employment

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE

General, United States Army

Chief of Staff

HISTORY. This publication is a mandated revision. The portions affected by this mandated revision are listed in the summary of change.

Authorities. This regulation supplements 5 Code of Federal Regulations 300 and DoDI 1400.25.

Applicability. This regulation applies to Department of the Army Civilian appropriated fund employees, in the competitive and excepted services, and to U.S. Army Reserve technicians. It does not apply to Army National Guard technicians employed under Title 32, United States Code, unless specifically made applicable by the Chief, National Guard Bureau. The Department of the Army has several alternate personnel systems, for which certain portions of this AR may not apply. The affected organizations received approval from Congress, Office of Personnel Management, or the Department of Defense to establish their own personnel policies and procedures. For those organizations, follow the approved guidance in each of the specific Federal Register notices or the alternative personnel system's internal guidance to qualify, appoint, and promote applicants and employees. Some of these organizations include the demonstration projects and the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief with the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25–30 for specific requirements.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11–2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B).

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Assistant G–1 (Civilian Personnel), (DAPE–CPP–SC), 6010 6th Street, Building 1465, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 or usarmy.belvoir.hqda-dcs-g-1.mbx.ag1cp-staffing-classification@army.mil.

Committee management. AR 15–39 requires the proponent to justify establishing or continuing committee(s), coordinate draft publications, and coordinate changes in committee status with the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, Analysis and Integration Cell (AAAI–CL), 105 Army Pentagon, Washington DC, 20310–0105. Further, if it is determined that an established "group" identified within this regulation later takes on the characteristics of a committee as found in AR 15–39, then the proponent will follow AR 15–39 requirements for establishing and continuing the group as a committee.

Distribution. This publication is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This regulation supersedes AR 690-300, dated 3 April 2019.

AR 690–300 • 5 June 2025

UNCLASSIFIED

Activity A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission.

Administrative return rights Return rights to a position as granted by the employing agency.

Advisory committee Any committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group, or any subcommittee or other subgroup thereof (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as "committee"), which is– for the President or one or more agencies or officers of the Federal Government, except that such term excludes (i) any committee that is composed wholly of full-time, or permanent part-time, officers or em- ployees of the Federal Government, and (ii) any committee that is created by the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Public Administration.

Agency Government corporation, agency, department, official, or establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branches (5 USCUSCUnited States Code Section 3110).

Appointing authority A person authorized to take final action on matters pertaining to the employment, direction, and general administration of personnel under their purview and make appointments, by delegation through Com- mand channels.

Appointment and employment Discretionary personnel actions (not based on statutory requirement) including initial hires, reinstate- ments, reassignments, and transfers.

Area of consideration Area in which the agency makes an intensive search for eligible candidates in a specific promotion action. The minimum area of consideration is the area designated by the promotion plan in which the agency should reasonably expect to locate enough high-quality candidates, as determined by the agency, to fill vacancies in the positions covered by the plan.

Best qualified candidate Candidates who rank at the top when compared with other eligible candidates for a position. A reasona- ble number of the best qualified candidates are referred for selection.

Civilian component The civilian members of a collective Federal workforce that includes military and contractors.

Classified duties A written statement of duties to which an appropriate classification authority has assigned a grade level.

Consultant A person who can provide valuable and pertinent advice generally drawn from a high degree of broad ad- ministrative, professional, or technical knowledge or experience. When an agency requires public advi- sory participation, a consultant also may be a person who is affected by a particular program and can pro- vide useful views from personal experience.

Demotion The change of an employee to a lower grade when both the old and the new positions are under the Gen- eral Schedule or under the same wage grade schedule, or to a position with a lower rate of basic pay when both the old and new positions are under the same type ungraded wage schedule or in different pay method categories.

Detail Temporary assignment of an employee to a different position or set of duties for a specified period of time. There is no formal position change; officially, the employee continues to hold the position from which detailed and keeps the same status and pay.

Eligible candidate Applicants who have been determined qualified and referred on a certificate to a selecting official.

Emergency-essential A position-based designation to support the success of combat operations or the availability of combat- essential systems in accordance with Section 1580 of Title 10, United States Code.

Excepted service Consists of those civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service; includes all positions in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government which are specifically excepted from the competitive service by statute, by the President or by the Office of Personnel Manage- ment.

Excepted service position A federal or civil service position that is not within the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service.

Expert A person who is specially qualified by education and experience to perform difficult and challenging tasks in a particular field beyond the usual range of achievement of competent persons in that field. An expert is regarded by other persons in the field as an authority or practitioner of unusual competence and skill in a professional, scientific, technical or other activity.

Geographic mobility A change in permanent duty assignment from one location to another requiring a relocation of the em- ployee's residence.

Highly qualified expert A person who possesses uncommon and recognized knowledge, skills, and experience in an occupa- tional field, and judgment that is accorded authority and status by peers or the public. A highly qualified expert has substantive experience or education in a variety of occupational fields.

In-service placement Includes a noncompetitive action in which a position is filled with a current or former competitive service employee through promotion, reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, reinstatement, reemploy- ment, or restoration. In-service placement also includes noncompetitive conversion of appointees whose Federal excepted positions are brought into the competitive service under title 5 CFRCFRCode of Federal Regulations Section 316.702, and Department of Defense/Nonappropriated Fund (DoD/NAFNAFNonappropriated fund(s)) and Coast Guard NAFNAFNonappropriated fund(s) employees whose positions are brought into the competitive service.

Jurisdiction or control Direct control of some or all of an agency's operations.

Mobility program manager The official at any level having broadest interest in a particular formal mobility program or special individ- ual mobility field. Mobility Program Managers are appointed by the Functional Chief, personnel proponent or commander who initiated establishment of the program.

Noncitizen A person who does not meet the definition of citizen or national pursuant to 8 USCUSCUnited States Code 1401.

Nonreimbursable detail Temporary assignment of an employee outside Department of Defense, for which Department of Army is not paid.

Organizational unit Separately organized and clearly distinguished from other organizational units within the same local com- muting area (including employees on telework agreements) in regard to operation, work function, staff, and personnel management; or separately organized by unit identification code.

Position change A promotion, demotion, or reassignment made during an employee's continuous service within the federal government. A position change by any of these methods may also involve a change of official headquar- ters or post of duty within the agency.

Preference eligible Provides veterans who are disabled or who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods or in military campaigns preference over others in hiring from competitive lists of eligible and also in reduction in force procedures.

Promotion The change of an employee to a position at a higher-grade level within the same job classification system and pay schedule or to a position with a higher rate of basic pay in a different job classification system and pay system.

Public official Anyone who by law, rule, regulation or delegation has appointment or promotion authority, or authority to recommend employees for appointment or promotion.

Qualified candidates Applicants who meet established qualifications requirements for the position.

Reimbursable detail A reimbursable detail is the temporary assignment of an employee outside the Department of Defense for which Department of Army is paid. A payment agreement between agencies must be approved prior to the detail being effective.

Relative With respect to public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in- law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaugh- ter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister.

Selective factors Knowledge, skills, or abilities in addition to the basic qualification standards that are essential for success- ful performance on the job. Selective factors become part of the minimum requirements for the position and applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration.

Statutory return rights Return rights to a stateside position when accepting overseas employment in accordance with 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 1586.

Third-state national and third-country citizen Non-U.S. citizen employees who are not citizens or permanent residents of the host country in which em- ployed by the U.S. Forces and whose employment conditions are distinct from those that apply to local national employees.

Unclassified duties A set of duties to be performed in lieu of an official position description.

Voluntary mobility Employee initiates or freely and voluntarily accepts a reassignment, transfer, promotion, or relocation to further their own career goals. It is not covered by this regulation.