3 FAM 2320
promotion of members of the foreign service
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(Office of Origin: HR/PE)
3 FAM 2321 authority
(TL:PER-360; 06-10-1998)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
These regulations are based on sections 302, 303, 305,
404-406, and 601-608 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.
3 FAM 2322 administrative
responsibilities
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
Responsibility for the administration of the promotion of
members of the Foreign Service is shared among the Director, Office of
Performance Evaluation, the Director General of the Foreign Service, and the
Under Secretary for Management, or designee. Responsibilities for each are found in the procedures and guidelines published in 3 FAH-1 H-2320.
Those procedures and guidelines have the same force and effect as these
regulations.
3 FAM 2323 PROMOTION POLICY
3 FAM 2323.1 Members of the
Foreign Service at Class FS-1 and the Senior Foreign Service
3 FAM 2323.1-1 General Policy
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Promotion into and within the SFS will be on the
basis of merit and the needs of the Service. Career members of the SFS
and of class FS-1 will be considered for promotion by selection boards in
accordance with precepts approved by the Under Secretary for Management, or
designee, which have been negotiated with the exclusive representative, if any.
b. The precepts must emphasize performance which
demonstrates the strong policy formulation capabilities, executive leadership and managerial qualities, security awareness,
and highly developed functional and area expertise which are required by the
Senior Foreign Service.
c. Recommendations for promotion into the SFS must be
made only of career members of the Service assigned to class FS-1 who meet the
requirements of 3
FAM 2324.4.
3 FAM 2323.1-2 Recommendation by
the Secretary
(TL:PER-360; 06-10-1998)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. The Secretary will recommend to the President the
names of:
(1) Career members of the SFS who should be promoted
to a higher salary class; and
(2) Career members of the Service who should be
promoted into the SFS.
b. The Secretarys recommendations will be based on the
recommendations of the selection boards.
3 FAM 2323.1-3 Promotion of
Career Members
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Career members of the Senior Foreign Service (SFS)
will be promoted by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, by appointment to a higher class in the SFS.
b. Career members of the Foreign Service must be
promoted into the Senior Foreign Service by appointment of the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
3 FAM 2323.1-4 Promotion of
Members With Limited Appointments
(TL:PER-360; 06-10-1998)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
Members of the Senior Foreign Service with limited
appointments will be considered for promotion as provided in 3 FAM 2260.
3 FAM 2323.1-5 Recommendation
for Conferral of Personal Rank of Career Ambassador
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The Secretary may recommend to the President the conferral
of the personal rank of Career Ambassador on a limited number of career members
of the SFS of the class of Career Minister whose careers have been
characterized by especially distinguished service over a sustained period and
who meet the requirements of 3 FAM 2324.2.
The Secretarys recommendations will be based on the recommendations of a
Career Ambassador Review Panel. Conferral of the personal rank of Career
Ambassador will be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
3 FAM 2323.2 Members of the
Foreign Service Below Class FS-1
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Career members of the Foreign Service below class
FS-1 will be promoted by the Under Secretary for Management, or designee, in
accordance with the recommendations and rankings of selection boards by
assignment to a higher salary class in the Foreign Service schedule, with the exception of career members subject to administrative
promotions under 3 FAM 2329.3.
b. Career Candidate members of the Foreign Service with
limited or temporary appointments will not be considered for promotion except
as provided for under 3 FAM 2240,
Foreign Service Officer Career Candidate Program, under 3 FAM 2250,
Foreign Service Specialist Career Candidate Program, and under 3 FAM 2260, The
Senior Foreign Service Officer Career Candidate Program.
c. Members of the Foreign Service on Limited
Non-career Appointments (LNAs) may be promoted in accordance with the
procedures in 3
FAM 2329.3, as determined by the hiring bureau.
3 FAM 2324 ELIGIBILITY
3 FAM 2324.1 General Provisions
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. The minimum period that members of the Senior
Foreign Service and Foreign Service schedule must serve in class before
becoming eligible for promotion by the selection boards must be published in
the selection board precepts.
b. In determining eligibility, time served on Leave
Without Pay for military service, or under any type of appointment at the same
or higher level in any salary schedule in the Department of State prior to the
enactment of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 must be credited as time served in
the equivalent FS or SFS class. Time served on Leave Without Pay for military
service, or under any type of appointment at the same or higher level in any
salary schedule in the USIA prior to the enactment of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 must be credited as time spent in the equivalent FS or SFS class.
c. Eligibility is also
determined by the Procedural Precepts.
3 FAM 2324.2 Conferral of Personal
Rank of Career Ambassador
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. The personal rank of Career Ambassador must be
conferred only on a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who has:
(1) Held the rank of Career Minister for the requisite
eligibility period set forth in annual selection board precepts;
(2) Served at least 15 years in positions of significant
responsibility while in Class FS-1 or above; and
(3) A record of extraordinary sustained achievement as
Chief of Mission, Assistant Secretary, or the equivalent (see 3 FAH-1 H-2320)
as well as availability for continued service for the most important positions
in the Department and abroad.
b. In order for conferral
of the rank of Career Ambassador the officer must have served or is serving as
a chief of mission.
3 FAM 2324.3 Promotion to Class of
Career Minister
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Only
Minster-Counselors in the SFS are eligible for promotion to the rank of Career
Minister
b. SFS members in the class of Minister-Counselor, in
order to be eligible for consideration for promotion to the rank of Career
Minister, must have already clearly demonstrated, through superior achievement
in positions demanding broad leadership and
personnel management, policy direction, and program and resource
management that the officer is fully qualified to fill the most senior and
responsible positions in the Service.
3 FAM 2324.4 Promotion Into the
Senior Foreign Service
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Career members of the Foreign Service may be
considered for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service (SFS) only if they:
(1) Have been assigned to Class 1 for the minimum
period prescribed under the Procedural Precepts;
and
(2) Request that they be competed for promotion into
the SFS in accordance with procedures established by the Director General and
negotiated with the exclusive employee representative, if any.
(3) Class 1 generalists
must have achieved the professional level of proficiency rating of S-3/R-3 in a
least one foreign language. For those subject to the Career Professional
Development plan, that proficiency rating must have been tested within seven
years.
b. A member may withdraw a request to be considered for
promotion into the SFS at any time, but if the member has once been considered
for promotion into the SFS, the member may not again request consideration for
promotion into the SFS. (See 3 FAM 6200 regarding the number and requirements
of Senior Threshold Board reviews.)
c. Class 1 generalists must have achieved the
professional level of proficiency rating of S-3/R-3 in at least one foreign
language. For those subject to the Career Development Plan, that proficiency
rating must have been tested within seven years.
3 FAM 2324.5 No Exemption from
Minimum Time-in-Class Requirements for Meritorious Service
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The minimum period of eligibility for promotion into the Foreign Service
established for members of the Foreign Service may not be waived.
3 FAM 2324.6 Retroactive Promotions
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Retroactive
promotions may be effected whenever:
(1) Necessary to carry out the provisions of 3 FAM 2328; or
(2) The promotion is made pursuant to a recommendation of the Foreign
Service Grievance Board, an equal employment opportunity appeals examiner, the
Special Counsel, or to correct an administrative error.
b. Promotions must be effected retroactively, if
pursuant to an order or decision of the Foreign Service Grievance Board.
c. Retroactive promotions will include back pay and
interest in accordance with the Federal Back Pay Act of 1966.
3 FAM 2325 DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF
PROMOTIONS
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. The Director General of the Foreign Service annually
determines the number of promotions of members of the Foreign Service reviewed
by the selection boards, taking into account such factors as vacancies,
availability of funds, estimated attrition, projected needs of the Service, and
the need for retention of expertise and experience.
b. Decisions by the Director General on the number of
individuals to be promoted into and within, and to be retained in, the Senior
Foreign Service will be based upon a systematic, long-term projection of
personnel flows and needs designed to provide:
(1) A regular, predictable flow of recruitment into
the Service;
(2) Effective career development to meet Service
needs; and
(3) A regular, predictable flow of talent upwards
through the ranks and into the SFS.
c. The number of promotions must be determined for
each class and skill code prior to the
submission of findings and recommendations by the responsible selection
board. A copy of the list of promotion numbers determined will be made
available to the exclusive employee bargaining representative which will hold
the list in confidence. Once promotion lists have been published, the
employee representative may request and will receive a briefing concerning any
discrepancies that appear between the previously established numbers and the
actual number of promotions by class and category.
3 FAM 2326 SELECTION BOARD AND
PRECEPTS
3 FAM 2326.1 Selection Boards
3 FAM 2326.1-1 Composition
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Selection boards are normally composed of:
(1) Members of the Foreign Service; and
(2) Public members.
b. Career employees of other agencies may be included
as members of the selection boards where appropriate and if available.
c. The number of selection boards and the composition
of each will be determined by the Director General on the basis of the:
(1) Numbers and categories of employees to be
evaluated;
(2) Time required for the various boards to complete
their work; and
(3) Needs of the Service.
d. The organization of the boards will be published in
the procedural precepts for the Foreign Service selection boards.
e. The Director General will ensure that selection
boards are fully staffed for the duration of the selection board process.
Should members become incapacitated or otherwise incapable of performing their
duties, a new member will be appointed. Newly appointed members will assume
full board duties upon taking oath of office.
f. All selection board members must be approved by the
Director General and must not serve on a selection board for two consecutive
years.
g. All selection boards must include public members and
a substantial number of women and members of minority groups.
h. Names of proposed selection board members must be
provided to the exclusive representative, if any, for comment.
3 FAM 2326.1-2 Selection and
Qualification of Members
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. State Members State members of selection boards
must, so far as possible, meet the following qualifications:
(1) Have a rank at least one class higher than that of
the employees to be rated;
(2) Have the depth and breadth of experience necessary
to evaluate the employees designated for consideration by the boards;
(3) Have a superior record of service; and
(4) Have a reputation for unbiased judgment of
personnel and for perceptive evaluation of performance.
b. Public Members Each public member of a selection
board must, so far as possible, meet the following qualifications:
(1) Have gained prominence in a profession, in
business, in labor, or in a non-governmental organization or institution
serviced by, or having an interest in the Foreign Service;
(2) Have some overseas experience;
(3) Be available to serve on a full-time basis during
the entire time that the boards are in session; and
(4) Not be employed in the Federal service.
(5) Not be an agent of a foreign principal, a lobbyist for
a foreign entity, or receive income from a government of a foreign country.
c. Other Agency Members Other Federal government
employees from the Civil Service of the Department of State or from other
departments or agencies, who are invited to serve on selection boards must, so
far as possible, meet the following qualifications:
(1) Have a rank of Grade 15 or above;
(2) Have the depth and breadth of experience necessary
to evaluate the employees designated for consideration by the boards; and
(3) Have familiarity with issues related to serving
abroad in the Foreign Service as the result of having held pertinent positions
in the Department of State or other agencies dealing with foreign affairs.
3 FAM 2326.1-3 Functions of the
Selection Boards
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The functions of the Selection Boards are:
(1) To evaluate the performance folders of members
designated by the precepts for consideration and to rank those recommended for promotion in the order of
their relative merit, in accordance with the precepts; and to make
recommendations:
(a) For promotion to the next higher class;
(b) For denial of within-class step increases to members
whose performance during the most recent rating period is found to have fallen
below the standards of their class;
(c) For offer or renewal of limited career extension (3
FAM 6200);
(d) Of members to be considered for possible
selection-out (3 FAM 6200);
(e) For award of performance pay to career members of
the Senior Foreign Service; and
(f) For review of eligible career members of the Senior
Foreign Service by the Department Senior Review Board for Presidential Rank
Awards.
(2) To prepare such other lists and recommendations as
required by the precepts; and
(3) To prepare recommendations for improving the Departments
policies and procedures for evaluating the performance of members of the
Service and for the operation of future selection boards.
3 FAM 2326.1-4 Reconstituted
Boards
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
Reconstituted boards are and will be governed by an
agreement between the Department and AFSA.
3 FAM 2326.2 Precepts
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. Precepts for the selection boards must establish the
rules, procedures, and criteria governing selection board review including:
(1) The organization of the selection boards;
(2) The specific responsibilities of the selection
boards;
(3) The categories of personnel eligible or ineligible
for selection board review:
(4) The minimum time-in-class required of eligible
employees for selection board review;
(5) The competition groups in which eligible employees
will be reviewed;
(6) The criteria on which selection board
recommendations are to be based; and
(7) Such other provisions relevant to selection board
review as may be deemed appropriate.
b. The precepts must be published and distributed to
members of the selection boards for their guidance.
c. The precepts must:
(1) Inform the selection boards of the Departments
policies on promotion and factors to be considered in evaluating employees, and
(2) Include a description of the needs of the Service
for performance requirements, skills, and qualities which are to be considered
in recommendations for promotion.
d. Precepts for selection boards responsible for
recommending promotions into and within the Senior Foreign Service must:
(1) Emphasize performance that demonstrates the strong
policy formulation capabilities, executive leadership and managerial qualities, and highly developed
functional and area expertise that are required for the Senior Foreign Service;
(2) Emphasize that security is an inherent,
inextricable and indispensable component for all employee positions at the
Department of State, but especially in the Departments most senior positions;
that employees competing for promotion into or within these positions are
expected to be leaders in the area of security awareness; and that Selection
boards may have at their disposal information regarding an employees security
record, including the security incident history report; and
(3) Provide instructions to the selection boards for
rating employees of the Service on the basis of relative merit.
e. In all cases the
precepts take precedence over the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM).
3 FAM 2327 UTILIZATION OF PROMOTION
OPPORTUNITIES MADE AVAILABLE BY CHANGES IN PERSONNEL STATUS
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. To assure that promotion opportunities are properly
utilized each year, the Office of Performance Evaluation (HR/PE) will follow
the policies below concerning addition of names to promotion lists to fill
unexpected vacancies.
b. Whenever retirement, resignation, death, or other
change in personnel status creates a vacancy on the pending promotion lists
giving effect to selection board recommendations, the promotion opportunity
thereby made available will be assigned to the employee recommended for
promotion in that competition group who is first in rank order below the
promotion cutoff point.
c. For Foreign Service members whose promotions are
approved by the President, to the fullest extent feasible, such substitutions
will be made to the annual promotion list before it is sent by the Secretary to
the White House. Where this is not possible, for example, in the case of
officers resigning after the list leaves the Department, the additions will be
made to the first miscellaneous promotion list next prepared for the President.
d. The officer receiving the promotion opportunity will
be notified by HR/PE.
e. With regard to the Foreign Service promotion list
approved by the Under Secretary for Management, or designee, substitutions to
complete the list as provided in paragraph b above will be made to the fullest
extent feasible up to the time the promotion list is approved by the Under
Secretary, or designee. Where changes in personnel status free additional
opportunities before promotions become effective but cannot be reflected
through additions to the annual list, approval by the Under Secretary, or
designee, of a promotion for the nominee will be sought as soon as feasible by
separate memorandum, and the member added will be notified.
f. All promotion opportunities which become available
before the effective dates of promotions as the result of changes in the status
of personnel on the promotion list will be utilized through these
procedures. These procedures do not apply, however, in cases of temporary
removal of names from the promotion list under the provisions of 3 FAM 2328.
g. Resignations, retirements, and other changes in
personnel status effective on or after the effective date of promotion lists do
not create unutilized opportunities, and action will not be taken to promote
substitutes.
3 FAM 2328 TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF NAMES
FROM RANK ORDERED LIST
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The procedures governing the removal of names from the
rank ordered lists of those recommended for promotion, as authorized by section
605 of the Act, are as follows:
(1) At any time prior to the effective date of the
promotion from the rank ordered list of those members recommended for promotion
into and within either the Senior Foreign Service, or promotion to class FS-1
or below, the Director General will take action to at least temporarily stay
the promotion of the member if the Director General determines, on the basis of
notification by an appropriate office, that reason exists to believe such
promotion would be inconsistent with the national interest or the efficiency of
the Service. If such issues arise with a name on a rank ordered list sent to
the President, the Director General will confer appropriately regarding further
action. Reasons must be based upon written notification of:
(a) Issues of loyalty, security, misconduct,
suitability, or malfeasance; or
(b) Failure to meet eligibility requirements established
in the procedural precepts or by regulation; or
(c) Indications that documentation available to the
selection board regarding the members performance may have been significantly
inaccurate or incomplete.
(2) Following action under 3 FAM 2328 (1),
the Director General or designee will inform, unless
subject to a do not notify order, the member concerned in writing as
soon as practical of the action taken and will initiate, pursue, or monitor
such inquiry, investigation, or proceedings as are appropriate to the issue
giving rise to the action. The member may submit whatever information or
documents the member believes are pertinent to the case. Upon disposition
or resolution of the issue, the Director General will take one of the following
actions:
(a) For those members
removed from the rank ordered promotion list under 1(a), order the
promotion of the member retroactive to the effective date of other promotions
granted by the appropriate years Selection Boards;
(b) For those members
removed from the rank ordered promotion list under 1(b), order the promotion of
the member to the effective date established in the Procedural Precepts for the
Foreign Service Selection Boards;
(c) For actions requiring confirmation or attestation,
order the inclusion of the name on the next list from which the name was
initially removed retroactive to the effective date; and
(d) If resolution of the issue results in the inclusion
of a letter of reprimand or other documentation in the members performance
folder under 3
FAM 2810, reconvene the selection board that included the employee on a
rank ordered list to determine whether the member is qualified on the basis of
the complete performance file to remain on the rank order list.
(3) Upon reconvening, the selection board will receive
only information on the member previously supplied to it, and material supplied
under 3 FAM 2328
(2)(d). Prior to board review, the member will be supplied copies of all
material added to the file and will be accorded the opportunity to submit a
response or rebuttal for placement in the file. If any member of the
original board is unavailable for personal participation, that member may
participate by correspondence or may be excused from participation by the
Director General;
(4) The finding of the reconvened board regarding the
member in question will be final and binding to the same extent as if made at
the initial session. If the board concludes that the member is qualified,
based on current record, to retain his or her place on the rank order list, the
Director General will order the inclusion of the name on the next promotion
list with the effective date retroactive to the date of the promotion list from
which the name was initially excluded or order the conferral of an MSI
retroactive to the date of other MSIs granted by the appropriate years
Selection Boards. If the board concludes that the member is not currently
qualified, based on current record to retain his or her standing on the rank
order list, the Director General will confirm the prior exclusion from the
specific list at issue;
(5) Notwithstanding the time-in-class limits
established in 3
FAM 6213, involuntary separation for expiration of maximum time-in-class of
a member whose name has been removed from a promotion list under the authority
of 3 FAM 2328
(1) must be suspended until the Director General either:
(a) Orders the inclusion of the members name on a
promotion list (see 3 FAM 2328
(2)(a)); or
(b) Confirms the prior exclusion of the name from the
promotion list (see 3 FAM 2328
(4)).
(6) If a member whose name was temporarily removed
from a promotion list receives a retroactive promotion under 3 FAM 2328
(2)(a) or 3 FAM
2328 (4), the members maximum single-class time-in-class for the class to
which the member has been promoted must begin from the date the promotion is
implemented rather than from the effective date of the promotion; and
(7) When a member in the circumstances described in 3 FAM 2328 (6)
is also subject to a cumulative time-in-class, the full balance remaining in
such time-in-class at the time promotion was suspended must be restored as of
the date the promotion is implemented.
3 FAM 2329 EFFECTING PROMOTIONS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE
3 FAM 2329.1 Effective Date for
Members of the Foreign Service Promoted Into and Within the Senior Foreign
Service
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The effective date of appointment for members promoted
into the Senior Foreign Service or members within the SFS to a higher class
must be the first day of the pay period after the President appoints the member after receiving the advice
and consent of the Senate, unless the President specifies another date.
3 FAM 2329.2 Effective Date for
Other Foreign Service Members
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The effective date for members of the Service promoted by
assignment to a higher salary class in the Foreign Service schedule must be
established by the Under Secretary for Management, or designee.
3 FAM 2329.3 Administrative
Promotions
3 FAM 2329.3-1 Policy
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
a. These policies and procedures govern the promotion
of all members of the Foreign Service in classes designated as eligible for
administrative promotion who are serving in career candidate or career
appointments. These regulations apply to both categories of personnel as
specified.
b. In order to be promoted administratively, career and
career candidate members of the Foreign Service in the applicable classes need
only meet the time-in-class requirements in 3 FAM 2329.3-2 and demonstrate that their performance has been
satisfactory.
3 FAM 2329.3-2 Time-in-Class
Considerations for Administrative Promotions
(CT:PER-898; 02-01-2018)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
The following time-in-class requirements apply to members
of the Foreign Service to whom this section applies:
(1) Members in class FS-9 will be promoted
administratively to class FS-8 on the basis of satisfactory performance after
12 months in class;
(2) Members with primary skill codes in the office management
field will be promoted administratively based on satisfactory performance from
class FS-8 to FS-7 after 12 months in class and from FS-7 to FS-6 after 12 months in class;
(3) All other members who are at class FS-5 or below
will be promoted administratively, one class at a time, up to class FS-5
following completion of 12 months in each class with satisfactory performance
and from class FS-5 to FS-4 following completion of 18 months in class with
satisfactory performance; and
(4) Members entering skill
code and class subject to administrative promotion, through skill code
conversion or other lateral transfer, will be given credit in calculating
required time-in-class for periods of previous service in present class or higher while assigned to a position
with the primary skill code of the new occupational category.
3 FAM 2329.3-3 Deferral or
Denial of Administrative Promotion
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
At the time a member becomes eligible for a scheduled
administrative promotion, the Director General may order the deferral or denial
of a promotion if the Director General determines such promotion would be
inconsistent with the national interest or the efficiency of the Service.
Such determinations must be based upon the procedures published in 3 FAH-1 H-2320.
3 FAM 2329.3-4 Effective Date
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
Foreign Service career candidates and career members in
classes FS-5 and below who meet the criteria for promotion under these
regulations will be promoted effective the beginning of the first pay period
following eligibility.
3 FAM 2329.3-5 Transitional
Period
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
These regulations will apply to Foreign Service members at
class FS-5 and below who have been converted to career appointments or career
candidate appointments (02 tenure code) under sections 2101 and 2106 of the
Act, if such members were converted to classes and occupational categories
subject to administrative promotions identified in 3 FAH-1 H-2320.
In calculating the time-in-class requirement for promotion, such members must
receive credit toward eligibility for promotion for any period spent in the
equivalent class from which converted during which they had a primary skill
code in their current occupational category or were assigned to a position with
such a primary skill code.
3 FAM 2329.3-6 Foreign Service
Members Not Covered by Administrative Promotion
(CT:PER-714; 12-09-2013)
(State Only)
(Applies to the Foreign Service Only)
Foreign Service members above those class levels
designated for administrative promotion will compete for available promotion
opportunities in their occupational categories along with other eligible
members in their class and competition group in regular Selection Board
competition in accordance with Selection Board precepts.