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Design Feature DCIPS NSPS<br />

quality step increases and within-band promotions had<br />

DoD not converted to DCIPS.<br />

Eligibility for Payout<br />

Checks and Balances to Ensure Fairness<br />

Review of Performance<br />

Management and Payout<br />

Decisions<br />

Process for Reviewing<br />

Ratings and Payouts to<br />

Assess Impact on Protected<br />

Groups<br />

Ongoing System Evaluation<br />

Bonus budgets generally will not be less than the funds<br />

that would have been available for cash awards and/or<br />

component bonuses had DoD not converted to DCIPS.<br />

Employees rated at Level 3 and above guaranteed the<br />

DCIPS “floor,” i.e., full GPI. Employees rated at<br />

Level 2 are initially guaranteed 60 percent of the<br />

DCIPS “floor.”<br />

Separate oversight and review of performance<br />

management and payout decisions. For performance<br />

management, the reviewing official and Performance<br />

Management Performance Review Authority have<br />

oversight roles. For payout decisions, the Pay Pool<br />

Performance Review Authority reviews and approves<br />

final pay pool decisions.<br />

Included as integral component of draft DCIPS<br />

Evaluation Policy.<br />

A formal evaluation policy is under development, but<br />

not yet published.<br />

quality step increases, and promotions between GS<br />

grades that no longer exist under NSPS, (2) funds<br />

that remain available from the government-wide<br />

general pay increase (GPI) after the Secretary makes<br />

decisions to fund Rate Range Adjustments and/or<br />

Local Market Supplements, and (3) funds historically<br />

spent for performance based cash awards. Additional<br />

funds could be added to the pools at the discretion of<br />

the component organization.<br />

Employees rated Level 2 and above guaranteed 60<br />

percent of the GPI. 107<br />

No separation of oversight and review authority for<br />

performance management and pay pool processes. 108<br />

The Performance Review Authority, Pool Managers,<br />

and Pay Pool Panels provide review and oversight of<br />

both the performance management and pay pool<br />

processes. 109<br />

Post-decisional analysis of rating results to identify<br />

barriers to equitable treatment and corrective actions.<br />

A formal Evaluation Plan was published on June 30,<br />

2007.<br />

106 DoD 1400.25-M, sC1930, Subchapter 1930: Compensation Architecture Pay Policy, SC1930.9.2, p. 6.<br />

107 NSPS Frequently Asked Questions at www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps.<br />

108 DoD 1400.25-M, SC 940, Subchapter 1940: Performance Management, p. 3.<br />

109 Ibid, pp. 3-4.<br />

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