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APPENDIX 3 HR/OE DELEGATION OF PSA AUTHORITY MEMORANDUM HR/OE uses the following memorandum to delegate PSA authority to the appropriate State regional or functional bureau. The current HR/OE Director issues the memorandum. HR/OE keeps the original of the memorandum and gives one copy to the State regional or functional bureau. TO: FROM: HR/OE -- TEMPLATE – DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority By virtue of the authority invested in me by Department of State of Authority No. 120-5, 3 FAM 171.3 and 3 FAM 7261.1, I am hereby delegating to you the following authority for Personal Services Agreement awarded under 22 USC 2669(c), as amended. 1. Authority to employ Foreign Nationals who are hired abroad on Personal Services Agreements under the Local Compensation Plan. This authority may be redelegated to post. 2. Authority to employ US Citizens who are Ordinarily Resident abroad on Personal Services Agreements with payment on the Local Compensation Plan. This authority may be redelegated to post. 3. Authority to employ Foreign National Family Members with US Social Security Numbers on the travel orders of a direct hire Foreign or Civil Service employee or uniformed service member permanently assigned to or stationed at a US Foreign Service post or establishment abroad on Personal Services Agreements with payment on the American FP scale. This authority may be redelegated to post. All authorities hereby delegated shall be exercised in accordance with the limitations and requirements of all applicable personnel and the authority under 22 USC 2669(c), as amended. Any official actions taken within the scope of this delegation prior to the effective date hereby by officers duly authorized are considered binding in effect, according to their terms, until modified, revoked, or superseded by your action or that of any other officer of the Department acting under the authority of this delegation. This delegation is effective (insert date). Authority to redelegate from (insert appropriate State regional or functional bureau) to posts is contained in this delegation authority. Any exceptions to the above categories of employment must be approved by HR/OE in consultation with the (insert appropriate State regional or functional bureau). This delegation may be subject to revision. This delegation supersedes all previous delegations of foreign national and US personal services contracting authority and 3 FAM 7261.1, which shall be revised to reflect this delegation.
APPENDIX 4 MODEL MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S OVERSEAS PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AUTHORITY Note: 1. Only the Department of State and appropriate US agency headquarters may process this MOA. The MOA may not be processed at post for an agency’s post-specific or regional participation under the Local Employment Policy. 2. HR/OE/PC maintains the original, signed copies of the MOA. 3. State, on behalf of the participating agency, may include agency-specific additions or revisions into the MOA before issuing it. Both State and the agency must agree in advance to any additions or revisions to the Model MOA. 4. Copies of agency-specific MOAs already processed and in effect are on the HR/OE intranet website. Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Department of State's Overseas Personal Services Agreement Authority I. Purpose This Memorandum of Agreement between the DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) and _________________(the “Participating Agency”), sets forth the terms and conditions under which the Department of State will exercise the authority contained in 22 USC 2669 (n), hereinafter referred to as Personal Services Agreement (PSA) authority, on behalf of the Participating Agency. II. Applicability and Definitions This agreement applies to Locally Employed Staff (LE Staff), Family Members (US Citizen EFMs and non-US Citizen EFMs), and Members of Household (MOH) recruited locally by the Participating Agency and under Chief of Mission authority. LE Staff is the general term used for Foreign Service Nationals and locally hired US Citizens employed by a US Government agency under Chief of Mission authority, and compensated under Section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.
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LOCAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY (LEP) GUIDE
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TOPIC PAGE Signing the Original PSA
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Family Member Appointment (FMA) 57
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--Armed Services --Competitive or N
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LOCAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY (LEP) APPEN
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B. Make decisions involving governm
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COVERAGE The Department of State an
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USE OF STATE’S PSA AUTHORITY ON B
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Individuals HR May Not Convert to a
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E. Employ other Not Ordinarily Resi
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The LEP allows the Mission to maxim
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Before terminating any Ordinarily R
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(USPSC, 3 FAM 8100) up to the five-
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US Legal Permanent Residents, or Gr
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SIGNING THE ORIGINAL PSA The State
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JF-62A PSA RENEWAL MASS ACTION TELE
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LOCAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY COMPENSATIO
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LOCAL EMPLOYMENT DECISION TREE Appl
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5. Foreign National: A citizen of t
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Probationary Period An AEFM hired u
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NON-US CITIZEN ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMB
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Non-US Citizen EFMs do not receive
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HR may also authorize a within-grad
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MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLD (MOH) Refs: A.
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FOREIGN NATIONAL/LE STAFF DIRECT HI
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THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS (TCNs) Ref:
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MARINE SECURITY GUARDS (MSGS) Ref:
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CAJE POSITION EVALUATION As the fir
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FSN TO FP GRADE EQUIVALENCY CHART F
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FAMILY MEMBER APPOINTMENT (FMA) Ref
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MILITARY RETIREES AND STATE’S FAM
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FIXED-TERM POSITIONS A supervisor m
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If any changes are needed to the cu
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Who HR May Hire Under a PSA-Ltd For
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Laborer Mail/File Clerk Mechanic (T
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D. Employee works under the terms o
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RESIDENCY STATUS AND DETERMINING CO
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US Citizen family members of contra
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