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Chapter 1 — The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions [70 KB]
Chapter 2 — Reserved
Chapter 3 — General Instructions for Processing Personnel Actions [151 KB]
Chapter 4 — Requesting and Documenting Personnel Actions [537 KB]
Chapter 5 — Reserved
Chapter 6 — Creditable Service for Leave Accrual [276KB]
Chapter 7 — Documenting Veterans' Preference [57KB]
Chapter 8 — Reserved
Chapter 9 — Career and Career-Conditional Appointments [456KB]
Chapter 10 — Nonstatus Appointments in the Competitive Service [375 KB]
Chapter 11 — Excepted Service Appointments [345KB]
Chapter 12 — Reserved
Chapter 13 — Senior Executive Service (SES) [119KB]
Chapter 14 — Promotions, Changes to Lower Grade, Level or Band, Reassignments, Position Changes and Details [136 KB]
Chapter 15 — Placement in Nonpay or Nonduty Status [230KB]
Chapter 16 — Return to Duty from Nonpay Status [152KB]
Chapter 17 — Pay and Step Changes [114kB]
Chapter 18 — Exceptions to Reduction in Force Release [128KB]
Chapter 19 — Continuance [64KB]
Chapter 20 — Name Change [61KB]
Chapter 21 — Realignment and Mass Transfer [59KB]
Chapter 22 — Change in Federal Employees Group Life Insurance and Election of Living Benefits [80KB]
Chapter 23 — Change in Duty Station [83KB]
Chapter 24 — Change in Work Schedule/Change in Hours [125KB]
Chapter 25 — Reserved
Chapter 26 — Change in Tenure [41 KB]
Chapter 27 — Reserved
Chapter 28 — Change in Data Element [100KB]
Chapter 29 — Bonuses and Awards [116KB]
Chapter 30 — Retirements [141KB]
Chapter 31 — Separations by Other than Retirement [355MB]
Chapter 32 — Interim Relief Actions, Corrections, Cancellations and Replacement Actions for Cancellations [229 KB]
Chapter 33 — Documentation of Volunteer Service [34KB]
Chapter 34 — Topic Index [49KB]
Chapter 35 — Glossary of Terms Used in Processing Personnel Actions [73 KB]
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