USA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM
PROGRAM “A” FACT SHEET1
General: It is DoD policy to minimize the adverse effects on employees caused by actions
such as, but not limited to, reductions-in-force (RIF), base closures, realignments,
consolidations, contracting out, position classification decisions, rotation from overseas, and
transfers of function (TOF). Program “A” is the primary means for implementing this policy
throughout DoD; however, it does not supersede the statutory or regulatory rights of
employees or former employees. Chapter 3 of the PPP Operations Manual contains specific
information on registration in this program
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES
Eligibility: Current employees on an appointment without time limitation in the competitive
service who have career or career-conditional status or those in the excepted service with or
without personal competitive status may register in the PPP if they are scheduled for
displacement action as covered in PPP Operations Manual, Chapter 3, Paragraph B.1.b. The
employee’s performance and conduct must be fully satisfactory. Unless early registration is
authorized, employees become eligible to register when they: receive a specific RIF notice of
separation or demotion; decline in writing an official RIF reassignment or demotion out of the
commuting area; decline in writing a TOF or a covered management-directed reassignment
out of the commuting area; or receive a notice of furlough for six months or more.
Employees entitled to severance pay are mandatorily registered. Employees must register
while still employed.
Skills: Employees must register for their current skill and may register for a total of 5 skills,
provided they are well qualified. Mandatory registrants must be registered for all skills for
which well qualified, including appropriate special skill identifiers (i.e., GS-300, WG-00000,
or WG-01111).
High Grade: Competitive service employees may register no higher than current permanent
grade or retained grade. If registering for other pay systems, registration is restricted to the
grade having the representative rate equal or below the rep rate of the registrant’s current
permanent or retained grade. If registering from GS to other pay systems, the individual may
register for the highest grade for which well qualified; the potential gaining activity makes the
determination as to whether an offer should be made based on their local pay scale. For
excepted service employees refer to Chapter 3, Paragraph F.
Low Grade: Generally, employees may register down to and including 3 GS grades or
equivalent below current permanent grade. Exceptions for GS-9 and GS-11 employees in 2-
grade interval jobs, employees with a RIF job offer, employees covered by pay banding
systems, and positions in AD, WB, and WT pay systems are contained in PPP Operations
Manual, Chapter 3, Paragraph F.
Priority: “1”, “2”, or “3” based on the severity of the action (PPP Operations Manual,
Chapter 3, Paragraph E, and Chapter 5, Paragraph B).
1 Fact Sheet is for information only. This Fact Sheet does not establish, revise, replace or supplement policy or
procedures contained in Defense Civilian Personnel Manual Chapter 1800 or the PPP Operations Manual.
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Separation Date: For employees facing separation, the effective date of separation will be
entered on the registration. For those scheduled for change to lower grade (CLG), the
effective date of the action will be entered.
Release Date: For employees facing separation, one year from the date of separation will be
entered on the registration. For those scheduled for CLG, the effective date of the action will
be entered.
Area of Referral: Employees facing separation are registered for the minimum number of
activities nearest their duty station likely to provide a reasonable opportunity for placement.
They may not skip over DoD activities or states to register for more distant locations.
Activities in an adjoining zone that are no more distant from the employee’s duty station than
the furthermost activity selected in the zone may be included in the initial area of referral.
(Overseas displaced employees register in accordance with Chapter 5, Paragraph B.5).
Employees who are scheduled for RIF CLG or who have declined a RIF CLG and are facing
separation are restricted to DoD activities within their commuting area. Expansion beyond
these limits requires CARE Program Coordinator approval.
Offer Response Time: Registrants in the continental U.S. (CONUS) must accept or decline
offers from CONUS activities within 2 calendar days, and registrants outside CONUS must
respond within 3 calendar days.
NONDISPLACED OVERSEAS EMPLOYEES
Eligibility: An employee on a career, career-conditional, or permanent excepted service
appointment who is employed in his/her own right and has successfully completed an
overseas tour or the equivalent of a tour may register.
Skills: Employees must register for current skill and may register for a total of 5 skills
provided they are well qualified. If no valid offer is received within 30 days of registration,
the registration must be file maintained to include all skills for which well qualified, including
appropriate special skill identifier.
Registration Grades: If the employee has return rights to a lower grade and is not placed
within 90 days of registration, the registration must be amended to include all grades down to,
but not including, the grade to which return rights exist (subject to the 3 GS grades or
equivalent limitation).
Priority: Employees are referred as Priority “2” to their own component and Priority “3” to
all other components. If the position to which an employee has return rights is abolished and
their return would initiate a RIF resulting in a separation or demotion at the U.S. activity, the
employee is referred as Priority “2” to all components
Separation Date: No date is entered on the registration.
Release Date: No date is entered on the registration. The registrant remains active in the
program until removed by the registering activity.
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Area of Referral: Employees are authorized to register for the zone from which recruited,
the zone in which the employee last resided preceding overseas service, or a zone closer to the
overseas activity. Additional information on the area of referral is contained in PPP
Operations Manual, Chapter 5, Paragraph C.
Offer Response Time: Registrants must accept or decline offers within 3 calendar days.
NONDISPLACED OVERSEAS FAMILY MEMBERS
Eligibility: Nondisplaced overseas family members of DoD or Panama Canal Commission
personnel may register for placement in the U.S. if they are:
• Current career, career-conditional, or excepted service employees serving in Alaska,
Hawaii, or outside the U.S.;
• Family members with personal competitive status whose overseas employment ended not
earlier than 90 days before the sponsor’s scheduled return from the U.S.; or
• Family members with personal competitive status who are employed in appropriated fund
positions under local hire appointments, or persons who were so employed during the
sponsor’s current overseas tour within 90 days before their return to the U.S., provided
they are eligible under E.O. 12721.
Registration: Registration is authorized when the sponsor:
• Has another permanent duty assignment in the U.S. or assignment to another overseas
location where family members are not permitted;
• Is being involuntarily separated from the overseas post of duty through no fault of his/her
own;
• Is retiring or being otherwise separated; or
• Is being evacuated from overseas.
Skills: Employees must register for current skill and may register for a total of 5 skills
provided they are well qualified.
High Grade/Low Grade: Refer to “A” program displaced above, as appropriate.
Priority: “3”.
Separation Date: The date of registration.
Release Date: One year from the date of registration.
Area of Referral: The area of referral is limited to: the commuting area of the sponsor’s
new assignment; the sponsor’s retirement or other authorized destination; or the family
member’s place of actual residence, if the sponsor is on an unaccompanied tour. Family
members whose sponsor is moving to Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico are registered as current
residents of these locations.
Offer Response Time: Registrants in the continental U.S. (CONUS) must accept or decline
offers from CONUS activities within 2 calendar days and registrants outside CONUS must
respond within 3 calendar days.
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