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RME 2 20 Flashcards

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What is the mission of the DoD ?

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  • To provide the MILITARY FORCES needed to DETER war and

* To protect the security of our country.

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What is Manpower Management?

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(As used in financial management) Refers to the processes for determining manpower requirements for budgetary purposes and reporting manpower strengths to the OMB.

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Defense Manpower Resources Management is separated into 4 concentrations:

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  1. Manpower Structure
  2. Mobilization and Crisis Issues
  3. Restructuring Initiatives
    • Federal Work Force Restructuring Act of 1994
    • Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998
    • Commercial Activities - OMB Circular A-76
  4. Ethical Standards
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Who issues guidance annually for the Services to use in preparation and administration of their military and civilian MANPOWER programs?

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Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

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What is the first priority for programming manpower based on the Joint Chiefs of Staff guidance?

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Major Combat Commands

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During, mobilization or wartime, the DoD manpower utilization policy is based on:

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  1. Terminating or deferring activities not essential to the war effort [in order to permit the reallocation of personnel to higher priority tasks].
  2. Assigning military personnel only to those jobs that contribute to the war unless:
    • Military incumbency is required by law (chairman JCS)
    • Possessing military- unique skills or experience is essential for successful performance of required duties;
    • Military authority or discipline is requisite to the position; and
    • Alternative manpower is not available.
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What is mobilization?

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the ability to make the transition from peacetime manning levels to wartime manpower demands and the ability to provide filler and replacement personnel over the course of a conflict are critical to successful resolution of a crisis.

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What is the Master Mobilization Plan?

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Mobilization is the process of assembling, organizing, and using manpower and material resources in preparation for war or other emergency.

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What is Title 10 USC 12304?

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Gives the president authority to activate reserve forces, without the consent of Congress, and order to active duty Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve (for not more than 365 days)

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What is Selected Reserve?

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Drill

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What is Individual Ready Reserve?

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No Drill

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Not more than ______ members of the Selected Reserve and the Individual ready Reserve may be on active duty under the section at any one time, of which not more than _________ may be members of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).

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200,000; 30,000

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What is Emergency Essential?

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A position-based designation to support the success of combat operations or the availability of combat-essential systems in accordance with 10 USC 1580(e) and will be designated as key in accordance with Paragraph 4c(5).

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What is Other Than Full-Time Permanent (OTFTP)?

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All position other than full-time permanent (regular schedule), including temporary, part-time, and intermittent.

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What is Turnover Rate?

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Number of employees who left positions during a past year divided by the number of positions
EX: Assume 10 personnel left from our 100 positions.
10/100 = 10% turnover rate

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What is Fill Rate (FR)?

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The average number of days between an employee leaving a position and the position being filled divided by the workdays in a year.
EX: Assume it take 65 workdays from an employee leaving until the position is filled there are 2080 hours (260 workdays) in the year:
65/260 = 25% fill rate

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What is Lapse Rate (LR)

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Percentage of the year a vacancy occurs
(Turnover Rate) times (Fill Rate) = Lapse Rate
Ex: 10% turnover rate X 25% fill rate = 2.5 lapse rate

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What is Number of Positions to Budget?

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2.5% of the 100 positions are vacant during the year, therefore
100 - (100 X 2.5%) = 100 - 2.5 = 9.7.5 positions to budget

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What is Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (VSIP)?

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The buyout program

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What is Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA)?

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Program for early retirement

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How many buyout separations per year is the DOD permitted under the DoD 5 USC 9902(i) separation incentives?
And
What aren’t included in the total?

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[provides authority for the Secretary of Defense to establish a permanent downsizing and restructuring VSIP and VERA program within the Department.]

25,000, but this limitation does NOT include

  1. any buyout separations subject to Base Realignment and Closure action or
  2. for non-appropriated fund employees.
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What does the 5 USC 9902(i) (DoD Separation Incentive) require that buyout payments be paid from?

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(lessor of $25,000 or the amount of the employee’s severance pay) be paid from amounts available for the employee’s pay, and generally, be fully repaid if the employee rejoins the Federal Government within 5 years of separation

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What are the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998?

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  1. Annual lists (identify activities) of Activities NOT inherently Governmental in Nature and
    [Section 2 specifies that process to be followed to identify activities that are NOT inherently governmental and]
  2. Establishes a fair system of competition for the activities.
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When shall the head of each Executive agency submit to the Director of OMB a list of activities performed by Federal Government sources for the Executive agency?

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NOT later than the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year.

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Public Availability of (Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act) Lists:
Upon the completion of the OMB review and consultation regarding a list of an Executive agency:
The head of the Executive agency shall:
And
The Director of OMB shall:

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  • promptly transmit a copy of the list of Congress and make the list available to the public; and
  • The director of OMB shall promptly publish in the Federal Register a notice that the list is available to the public
26
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What are Key Employees?

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DoD civilian employees in positions designated as E-E and/or Non-Combat Essential (NCE) will be designated key in accordance with DoDD 1200.7

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What are the 2 types of activities classified under OMB Circular A-76?

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  1. Commercial Activity
  2. Inherently Government Activity

An example is the determination of agency policy, such as determining the content and application of regulations, among other things.

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What is OMB Circular A-76?

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Performance of Commercial Activities:
is the process resulting in a product or service that is or could be obtained from a private sector source.

(Agency missions may be accomplished through commercial facilities and resources, Government facilities and resources, or mixes thereof, depending upon the product, service, type of mission, and equipment required.

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What is Inherently Governmental Activity?

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(OMB Circular A-76)
is one that is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by Federal employees.

(Activities that meet these criteria are not in competition with commercial sources, are NOT generally available from commercial sources, and are NOT subject to OMB Circular A-76).

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What are the 2 categories Inherently Governmental Functions normally fall into?

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  1. The Act of Governing (the discretionary exercise of Government authority)
    EX: criminal investigations, prosecutions, other judicial functions)
  2. Monetary Transactions and Entitlement
    EX: tax collection and revenue disbursements, control of the Treasury accounts and money supply
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What is OMB Circular A-76?

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Performance of Commercial Activities, establishes Federal policy regarding the performance of commercial activities and implements the statutory requirements of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998.
• Empower Federal managers to make sound and justifiable business decisions.
• Not designated to simply contract out, but to:
-Balance the interests of the parties to make or buy cost comparison
-Provide a level playing field in a public and private sector competition; and
-Encourage competition and choice in the management and performance of commercial activities.

32
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Under A-76 Cost Competition Process, it is the US Government Policy to:

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  1. Achieve economy/enhance productivity
  2. Retain inherently government functions in-house
  3. Rely on commercial sector
33
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What is the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990?

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required financial reports for business operations. This landmark situation to remedy decades of neglect.

“the development and reporting of cost information” and “systematic measurement of performance”
(This includes performance by in-house, contract, or Interservice Support Agreement (ISSA) resources).

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What is OMB Circular A-76 and DoDI 4100.33?

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Commercial Activities (CA) – The supplement establishes the procedure for determining whether a Commercial Activities should be performed under contract with commercial sources or in-house using government facilities or personnel.

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What is Management Study?

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(A-76 Cost Competition Process - Commercial Activity)

  • identifies the most efficient or cost-effective in-house organization (MEO) needed to accomplish the requirements in the PWS.
  • is Mandatory
  • Most Efficient Organization (MEO) is the basis of the government estimate
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What is a Performance Work Statement (PWS)?

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states the technical, functional, and performance characteristics of the work to be performed and serves as a scope of work for MAKING COST COMPARISON.

37
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Cost comparisons compares the estimated cost of GOV performance of a Commercial Activity with the GOV’s cost for contract performance of the activity.

Commercial bids must be at least _________ below in-house personnel-related cost.

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10%

38
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What are the 3 core concepts under the 5 CFR 2635.101 14 general principles?

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  1. Employee shall not use public office for private gain
  2. Employees shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual
  3. Employees must strive to avoid any action that would create the appearance that they are violating the law or ethical standards.
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There are a number of exceptions to the ban on gifts from outside sources. These exceptions would allow the acceptance of gifts in the following circumstances:

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  • the value of the gift is $20 or less (not to exceed $50 annually)
  • gift is based on solely on a family relationship or personal friendship
  • gift is based on an outside business or employment relationship; or
  • gift is connection with certain political activities
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On an occasional basis, including occasions when gifts are traditionally given or exchanged, the following individual gifts to a supervisor are permitted:

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  • gifts other than cash that are valued at no more than $10;
  • food/refreshments shared in the office
  • personal hospitality in the employee’s home
  • Transferred leave provided that is not to an immediate superior
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What is a recusal?

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An employee may deal with a potential conflict of interest in a number of ways. The employee may simply not participate in the matter that would pose the conflict.

Remedies for Avoiding Potential Conflict of Interest

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What is a waiver?

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An individual waiver of the statutory bar may be granted by an authorized official when the conflicting financial interest is not substantial.
(EX: an official might grant a waiver if the employee owned only a few shares of a particular stock)

Remedies for Avoiding Potential Conflict of Interest

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What is a Certificates of Divestiture?

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Section 1043 of the IRS provides deferral of taxes on assets that must be sold to comply with ethic program requirements.

Remedies for Avoiding Potential Conflict of Interest

44
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What is Trust?

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(Remedy for a potential conflict of interest)

In order to be recognized,(blind trust) must include certain required provisions in the trust instrument and have an approved independent trustee?

45
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What is OGE Form 278?

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Office of Government Ethics financial disclosure report their financial interest to include spouses and minor children

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What is a covered relationship?

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  • A person with whom the employee has or seeks a business, contract, other financial relationship;
  • A person who is a member of the employee’s household or whom the employee has a close personal relationship
  • A person for whom the employee’s spouse, parent, or dependent child serves as an officer director, trustee, general partner, agency, attorney, consultant, contractor, or employee;
  • A person for whom the employee has, within the last year, served as officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor, or employee
  • Any organization in which the employee is an active participant
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What is Commercial Activity?

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OMB Circular A-76 classifies activities in 2 categories:
is the process resulting in a product or service that is or could be obtained from a private sector source.

Agency missions may be accomplished through commercial facilities and resources, Government facilities and resources, or mixes thereof, depending upon the product, service, type of mission, and equipment required.

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What is Inherently Governmental?

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OMB Circular A-76 classifies activities in 2 categories:
is one that is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by Federal employees.

Activities that meet criteria are not in competition with commercial sources, are not generally available from commercial sources, and are not subject to OMB Circular A-76.

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Installation planning for civilian workforce expansion and recruitment during contingencies and emergencies shall include consideration of:

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o The availability and use of DoD civilian retirees
o The placement of military retirees not normally subject to military recall (those over age 60 or prevented from recall by serious disability).
o The borrowing of employees from other Federal agencies.
o The use of contractors.
o The use of overtime and temporary employees.

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DoD 4100.33 requires the following notifications:

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  • Congressional Notification: DoD component shall notify Congress of the intention to do a cost comparison involving 46 or more DoD civilian personnel
  • DoD Employee Notification: DoD component shall consult with DoD civilian employees who will be affected by the cost comparison.

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