Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military Spouses

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2018)]

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Vol. 83

Monday,

No. 93

May 14, 2018

Part III

The President

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Executive Order 13832--Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service

Appointments of Military Spouses

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 93 / Monday, May 14, 2018 /

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Title 3--

The President

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Executive Order 13832 of May 9, 2018

Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service

Appointments of Military Spouses

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, including section 1784 of title 10, United

States Code, and sections 3301 and 3302 of title 5,

United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. (a) ``Military spouse'' means:

(i) the husband or wife of a member of the Armed Forces who, as determined

by the Secretary of Defense, is performing active duty pursuant to orders

that authorize a permanent change of station move, if such husband or wife

relocates to the member's new permanent duty station;

(ii) the husband or wife of a totally disabled retired or separated member

of the Armed Forces; or

(iii) the unremarried widow or widower of a member of the Armed Forces

killed while performing active duty.

(b) ``Member of the Armed Forces'' has the meaning

set forth in 5 CFR 315.612(b)(4).

and or wife

relocates to the member's new permanent duty station;

(ii) the husband or wife of a totally disabled retired or separated member

of the Armed Forces; or

(iii) the unremarried widow or widower of a member of the Armed Forces

killed while performing active duty.

(b) ``Member of the Armed Forces'' has the meaning

set forth in 5 CFR 315.612(b)(4).

(c) ``Agency'' has the meaning set forth in section

3330d of title 5, United States Code.

(d) ``Military spouse hiring authority'' shall

refer to the appointment authority set forth in 5

U.S.C. 3330d and 5 CFR 315.612.

Sec. 2. Policy. (a) Military spouses make critical

contributions to the personal and financial success of

our military families. Military service of spouses,

however, often impairs the spouse's ability to obtain

and maintain employment, and to achieve career goals.

Multiple and frequent relocations make it challenging

for military spouses to maintain the home front, to

comply with licensure and other job requirements, and

to obtain adequate childcare.

(b) It shall be the policy of the United States to

enhance employment support for military spouses. This

policy will assist agencies in tapping into a pool of

talented individuals and will promote the national

interest of the United States and the well-being of our

military families

childcare.

(b) It shall be the policy of the United States to

enhance employment support for military spouses. This

policy will assist agencies in tapping into a pool of

talented individuals and will promote the national

interest of the United States and the well-being of our

military families. It will also help retain members of

the Armed Forces, enhance military readiness, recognize

the tremendous sacrifices and service of the members of

our Armed Forces and their families, and decrease the

burden of regulations that can inhibit the entry of

military spouses into the workforce.

Sec. 3. Promoting Hiring for Military Spouses. (a) To

the greatest extent possible consistent with hiring

needs, agencies shall, when filling vacant positions in

the competitive service, indicate in job opportunity

announcements (JOAs) that they will consider candidates

under the military spouse hiring authority in addition

to candidates identified on the competitive or merit

promotion certificate for the position as well as those

candidates identified through any other hiring

authority a JOA indicates an agency will consider.

(b) Agencies shall actively advertise and promote

the military spouse hiring authority and actively

solicit applications from military spouses for posted

and other agency positions (including through USAJOBS).

candidates identified through any other hiring

authority a JOA indicates an agency will consider.

(b) Agencies shall actively advertise and promote

the military spouse hiring authority and actively

solicit applications from military spouses for posted

and other agency positions (including through USAJOBS).

(c) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shall

consider whether changes to 5 CFR 315.612 are

appropriate to account for cases in which

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there are no agency job openings within the geographic

area of the permanent duty station of the member of the

Armed Forces for which the member's spouse is

qualified.

(d) OPM shall also periodically circulate

notifications concerning the military spouse hiring

authority and its eligibility requirements to each

agency's Chief Human Capital Officer or the agency's

equivalent officer, for such officer to transmit to

appropriate offices and to notify eligible populations.

Within 180 days of the date of this order, OPM shall

post to its website, and circulate to each agency's

Chief Human Capital Officer or the agency's equivalent

officer, information about the military spouse hiring

authority. That posting shall include a discussion of

section 1131 of the National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2017, Public Law 114-328, which amended

5 U.S.C. 3330d(c) to eliminate the time limitation on

noncompetitive appointment for a relocating spouse of a

member of the Armed Forces.

authority. That posting shall include a discussion of

section 1131 of the National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2017, Public Law 114-328, which amended

5 U.S.C. 3330d(c) to eliminate the time limitation on

noncompetitive appointment for a relocating spouse of a

member of the Armed Forces.

(e) Within 180 days of the date of this order, OPM

shall educate agencies concerning the military spouse

hiring authority and ensure human resources personnel

and hiring managers are briefed on techniques for its

effective use. Concurrently, within 180 days of the

date of this order, OPM shall provide any additional

clarifying guidance it deems appropriate to agencies on

provisions of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010,

Public Law 111-292, and agencies shall ensure that

human resources personnel and hiring managers are

briefed as needed on techniques for the effective use

of telework.

(f) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2019, agencies shall

report annually (by December 31 of each year) to OPM

and the Department of Labor the number of positions

made available under the military spouse hiring

authority, the number of applications submitted under

the military spouse hiring authority, and the number of

military spouses appointed under the military spouse

hiring authority during the preceding fiscal year. Such

report shall also describe actions taken during that

period to advertise the military spouse hiring

authority, as well as any other actions taken to

promote the hiring of military spouses.

military spouses appointed under the military spouse

hiring authority during the preceding fiscal year. Such

report shall also describe actions taken during that

period to advertise the military spouse hiring

authority, as well as any other actions taken to

promote the hiring of military spouses.

Sec. 4. Administrative Provisions. (a) The Director of

OPM shall administer this order and shall, in

coordination with the Secretary of Labor, through the

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, provide

an annual report to the President regarding the

implementation of this order and any recommendations

for improving the hiring of military spouses, including

steps to enhance the effectiveness of the military

spouse hiring authority.

(b) The annual report described in subsection (a)

of this section shall also include recommendations,

developed in consultation with the Secretary of Defense

and the Secretary of Homeland Security, for actions

that could be taken to improve license portability and

remove barriers to the employment of military spouses.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

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by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

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