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Office of Directives Management
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Foreign Affairs Manual
3 FAM - Personnel
 - 3 FAM 1100 Introduction
 - 3 FAM 1200 Personnel Policy and Objectives
 - 3 FAM 1300 Personnel Responsibilities
 - 3 FAM 1400 Arrangements for Senior and Presidential Appointees
 - 3 FAM 1500 Equal Employment Opportunity
 - 3 FAM 1600 Through 1700 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 1800 Family Advocacy Program
 - 3 FAM 1900 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 2100 Employment
 - 3 FAM 2200 Appointments
 - 3 FAM 2300 Employment and Promotion
 - 3 FAM 2400 Assignments
 - 3 FAM 2500 Separations
 - 3 FAM 2600 Classification and Pay Administration
 - 3 FAM 2700 Training and Employee Development
 - 3 FAM 2800 Performance Management
 - 3 FAM 2900 Career Transition Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Employees
 - 3 FAM 3100 Compensation
 - 3 FAM 3200 Allowances
 - 3 FAM 3300 Leave Administration
 - 3 FAM 3400 Paid Leave
 - 3 FAM 3500 Unpaid Leave
 - 3 FAM 3600 Benefits
 - 3 FAM 3700 Travel
 - 3 FAM 3800 Special Programs
 - 3 FAM 4100 Employee Responsibility and Conduct
 - 3 FAM 4200 Standards of Conduct for Former Employees
 - 3 FAM 4300 Disciplinary Action (Including Separation for Cause)
 - 3 FAM 4400 Foreign Service Grievance System
 - 3 FAM 4500 Civil Service Disciplinary Actions
 - 3 FAM 4600 Appeals of Adverse Actions
 - 3 FAM 4700 Grievances-Civil Service
 - 3 FAM 4800 Department Awards Program
 - 3 FAM 4900 SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
 - 3 FAM 5100 Labor-Management Relations (General)
 - 3 FAM 5200 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 5300 Department Relationships with Employee Organizations
 - 3 FAM 5400 Through 5900 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 6100 Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and Foreign Service Pension System
 - 3 FAM 6200 Mandatory Retirement
 - 3 FAM 6300 Through 6900 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 7100 General
 - 3 FAM 7200 FSN Employee Recruitment and Employment
 - 3 FAM 7300 Foreign Service Nationals (FSN) Compensation
 - 3 FAM 7400 FSN Employee Attendance and Leave
 - 3 FAM 7500 FSN Position Classification and Pay Administration
 - 3 FAM 7600 FSN Employee Performance Evaluation, Incentive Awards, and Training
 - 3 FAM 7700 FSN Employee Benefits, Disciplinary Actions, Separations, and Reemployment
 - 3 FAM 7800 And 7900 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 8100 Unassigned
 - 3 FAM 8200 Family Member Appointments
 - 3 FAM 8300 Nepotism
 - 3 FAM 8600 Appendix A
 - 3 FAM 8900 Consular Agent Human Resources Administration
  

3 FAM - Personnel

3 FAM 1100 Introduction
--  1110 Personnel Administration Authority, Regulations, and Procedures [ 91 Kb]
--  1120 Through 1190 Unassigned [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 1200 Personnel Policy and Objectives
--  1210 Personnel Policy  [ 63 Kb]
--  1220 Program Objectives  [ 62 Kb]
--  1230 Through 1290 Unassigned  [ 4 Kb]

3 FAM 1300 Personnel Responsibilities
--  1310 Responsibilities for Personnel Administration  [ 103 Kb]
--  1320 The Board of the Foreign Service  [ 71 Kb]
--  1330 Customer Treatment  [ 8 Kb]
--  1340 Through 1390 Unassigned  [ 4 Kb]
--  1300 Appendix A  [ 57 Kb]

3 FAM 1400 Arrangements for Senior and Presidential Appointees
--  1410 Arrangements for Presidential Appointees  [ 87 Kb]
--  1420 Transfer of Office  [ 63 Kb]
--  1430 And 1490 Unassigned  [ 46 Kb]

3 FAM 1500 Equal Employment Opportunity
--  1510 EEO-General  [ 103 Kb]
--  1520 Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, or Religion  [ 118 Kb]
--  1530 Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Age  [ 76 Kb]
--  1540 Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Disability  [ 61 Kb]
--  1550 Freedom from Retaliation / Reprisal and Complaints of Reprisal  [ 57 Kb]
--  1560 Processing Mixed Case Complaints  [ 57 Kb]
--  1570 Class Complaints of Discrimination  [ 48 Kb]
--  1580 Minority Group Statistics  [ 42 Kb]
--  1590 EEO Grievances  [ 56 Kb]

3 FAM 1600 Through 1700 Unassigned
--  1600 Through 1700 Unassigned  [ 28 Kb]

3 FAM 1800 Family Advocacy Program
--  1810 Family Advocacy Program [ 116 Kb]
--  1820 Through 1890 Unassigned [ 43 Kb]

3 FAM 1900 Unassigned
--  1910 Unassigned [ 42 Kb]

3 FAM 2100 Employment
--  2110 Drug Free Workplace Program  [ 54 Kb]
--  2120 Unassigned [ 59 Kb]
--  2130 Reemployment  [ 62 Kb]
--  2140 Criminal Investigations Training Program  [ 79 Kb]
--  2150 Personnel Review Panel  [ 71 Kb]

3 FAM 2200 Appointments
--  2210 Appointments  [ 244 Kb]
--  2220 Personnel Security  [ 78 Kb]
--  2230 Categories of Foreign Service Personnel  [ 73 Kb]
--  2240 Foreign Service Officer Career Candidate Program  [ 200 Kb]
--  2250 Foreign Service Specialist Career Candidate Program  [ 133 Kb]
--  2260 The Senior Foreign Service Officer Career Candidate Program  [ 85 Kb]
--  2270 Senior Executive Service Merit Staffing  [ 97 Kb]
--  2280 Superior Qualifications Appointments  [ 83 Kb]
--  2290 Unassigned  [ 42 Kb]

3 FAM 2300 Employment and Promotion
--  2310 Merit Promotion and Placement Program  [ 102 Kb]
--  2320 Promotion of the Members of the Foreign Service  [ 124 Kb]
--  2330 Hours of Work  [ 173 Kb]
--  2340 Personnel Actions  [ 99 Kb]
--  2350 Personnel Records  [ 128 Kb]
--  2360 Telecommuting  [ 142 Kb]
--  2370 Through 2390 Unassigned  [ 42 Kb]

3 FAM 2400 Assignments
--  2410 Assignments and Details  [ 94 Kb]
--  2420 Foreign Service Career Development, Assignments, And Transfer  [ 79 Kb]
--  2430 Commissions, Titles, and Rank  [ 69 Kb]
--  2440 Curtailment  [ 18 Kb]
--  2450 Through 2490 Unassigned  [ 32 Kb]

3 FAM 2500 Separations
--  2510 Separation  [ 11 Kb]
--  2520 Termination of Certain Foreign Service Appointments  [ 94 Kb]
--  2530 Reduction-in-Force-Civil Service  [ 115 Kb]
--  2540 Reduction-in-Force Procedures for the Senior Executive Service  [ 13 Kb]
--  2550 Deaths in Service [ 85 Kb]
--  2560 Military Furlough and Separation for Military Service  [ 63 Kb]
--  2570 Furloughs  [ 9 Kb]
--  2580 Reduction-in-Force-Foreign Service  [ 162 Kb]
--  2590 Unassigned  [ 32 Kb]

3 FAM 2600 Classification and Pay Administration
--  2610 Position Management  [ 102 Kb]
--  2620 Foreign Service Skill Code System  [ 103 Kb]
--  2630 Position Classification  [ 202 Kb]
--  2640 Position Classification Appeals  [ 90 Kb]
--  2650 Through 2690 Unassigned  [ 32 Kb]

3 FAM 2700 Training and Employee Development
--  2710 through 2740 Unassigned  [ 53 Kb]
--  2750 Executive Development Program  [ 85 Kb]
--  2760 Career Senior Executive Service (SES) Sabbatical Program  [ 71 Kb]
--  2770 And 2780 Unassigned  [ 30 Kb]
--  2790 Functional Specialization Program  [ 65 Kb]

3 FAM 2800 Performance Management
--  2810 Personnel Evaluation  [ 97 Kb]
--  2820 Performance Appraisal System for General Schedule and Prevailing Rate Employees  [ 169 Kb]
--  2830 Performance Appraisal Plan for the Senior Executive Service  [ 96 Kb]
--  2840 Unassigned [ 54 Kb]
--  2850 SFS Recertification Program  [ 80 Kb]
--  2860 Civil Service Employee Development Programs  [ 66 Kb]
--  2870 Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay and Presidential Awards  [ 90 Kb]
--  2880 And 2890 Unassigned  [ 32 Kb]

3 FAM 2900 Career Transition Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Employees
--  2910 Career Transition Assistance-General Provisions  [ 138 Kb]
--  2920 Career Transition Assistance  [ 95 Kb]
--  2930 Special Selection Priority for the Department's Local Surplus or Displaced Employees  [ 93 Kb]
--  2940 Reemployment Priority List (RPL)  [ 65 Kb]
--  2950 Through 2990 Unassigned  [ 32 Kb]

3 FAM 3100 Compensation
--  3110 Pay Limitations  [ 69 Kb]
--  3120 Foreign Service and Civil Service Salaries  [ 124 Kb]
--  3130 Premium Compensation  [ 119 Kb]
--  3140 Communications Differential for Office Management Specialists  [ 75 Kb]
--  3150 Special Pay Provisions for Special Agents in the Diplomatic Security Service  [ 94 Kb]
--  3160 Federal Wage System  [ 59 Kb]
--  3170 Language Incentive Pay  [ 53 Kb]
--  3180 Recruitment and Relocation Bonuses and Retention Allowances  [ 381 Kb]
--  3190 Pre-employment Interview and Relocation Expenses for New Appointees [ 331 Kb]

3 FAM 3200 Allowances
--  3210 Allowance (General)  [ 268 Kb]
--  3220 Living Quarters Allowance  [ 51 Kb]
--  3230 Cost of Living Allowances  [ 90 Kb]
--  3240 Representation Allowances  [ 123 Kb]
--  3250 Official Residence Expenses  [ 80 Kb]
--  3260 Post Differential [ 97 Kb]
--  3270 Danger Pay Allowance  [ 94 Kb]
--  3280 Advance of Pay upon Assignment to a Post in a Foreign Area  [ 49 Kb]
--  3290 Physicians Comparability Allowances  [ 147 Kb]

3 FAM 3300 Leave Administration
--  3310 Leave  [ 54 Kb]
--  3320 Officers Exempted from Leave Act  [ 78 Kb]
--  3330 Disposition of Leave Balances  [ 102 Kb]
--  3340 Voluntary Leave Transfer Program  [ 79 Kb]
--  3350 Absence for Maternity Purposes  [ 78 Kb]
--  3360 Emergency Leave Transfer Program  [ 116 Kb]

3 FAM 3400 Paid Leave
--  3410 Annual Leave  [ 95 Kb]
--  3420 Sick Leave  [ 93 Kb]
--  3430 Home Leave [ 104 Kb]
--  3440 Military Leave  [ 66 Kb]
--  3450 Court Leave  [ 108 Kb]
--  3460 Other Paid Leave  [ 103 Kb]
--  3470 Through 3490 Unassigned [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 3500 Unpaid Leave
--  3510 Leave Without Pay  [ 68 Kb]
--  3520 Absence Without Official Leave (AWOL)  [ 58 Kb]
--  3530 The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993  [ 94 Kb]
--  3540 Through 3590 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 3600 Benefits
--  3610 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB)  [ 99 Kb]
--  3620 Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program  [ 93 Kb]
--  3630 Workers' Compensation Program  [ 52 Kb]
--  3640 Unemployment Compensation  [ 137 Kb]
--  3650 Death Benefits for Death in the Performance of Duty  [ 129 Kb]
--  3660 Unassigned [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 3700 Travel
--  3710 Medical Travel  [ 111 Kb]
--  3720 Rest and Recuperation (R&R) Travel  [ 111 Kb]
--  3730 Visitation Travel  [ 68 Kb]
--  3740 Emergency Visitation Travel  [ 125 Kb]
--  3750 Travel of Children of Separated Families  [ 76 Kb]
--  3760 Travel Messages  [ 85 Kb]
--  3770 Through 3790 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]
--  3700 Appendix A  [ 61 Kb]

3 FAM 3800 Special Programs
--  3810 Transit Benefit Program  [ 106 Kb]
--  3820 Student Loan Repayment Program  [ 109 Kb]
--  3830 Child Care Subsidy Program [ 112 Kb]
--  3840 Professional Liability Insurance (PLI)  [ 76 Kb]

3 FAM 4100 Employee Responsibility and Conduct
--  4110 General Information  [ 58 Kb]
--  4120 Employee Responsibilities Abroad  [ 184 Kb]
--  4130 Standards for Appointment and Continued Employment  [ 147 Kb]
--  4140 Guidelines for Personnel Taken Hostage  [ 8 Kb]
--  4150 Compliance with the Financial Disclosure Requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978  [ 41 Kb]
--  4160 Employee Consultation Service  [ 68 Kb]
--  4170 Official Clearance of Speaking, Writing, and Teaching  [ 101 Kb]
--  4180 Members of Household [ 57 Kb]
--  4190 Unassigned [ 54 Kb]
--  4100 Appendix B  [ 142 Kb]

3 FAM 4200 Standards of Conduct for Former Employees
--  4210 Conduct of Former Employees  [ 3 Kb]
--  4220 Through 4290 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 4300 Disciplinary Action (Including Separation for Cause)
--  4310 Disciplinary Action-General  [ 121 Kb]
--  4320 Disciplinary Action Common Practices  [ 174 Kb]
--  4330 Admonishment  [ 88 Kb]
--  4340 Reprimand  [ 130 Kb]
--  4350 Suspension  [ 69 Kb]
--  4360 Separation for Cause  [ 144 Kb]
--  4370 List of Offenses Subject to Disciplinary Action Foreign Services  [ 206 Kb]
--  4380 And 4390 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]
--  4300 Exhibit 4300  [ 34 Kb]

3 FAM 4400 Foreign Service Grievance System
--  4410 Foreign Service Grievance System  [ 12 Kb]
--  4420 General Provisions  [ 29 Kb]
--  4430 Agency Procedures  [ 82 Kb]
--  4440 Foreign Service Grievance Board  [ 10 Kb]
--  4450 Presentation of Grievances to the Board  [ 13 Kb]
--  4460 Administrative and Judicial of a Grievance  [ 7 Kb]
--  4470 Implementation Dispute  [ 10 Kb]
--  4480 And 4490 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 4500 Civil Service Disciplinary Actions
--  4510 General Information  [ 16 Kb]
--  4520 Adverse Action Procedures for Suspension of 14 Days or Less  [ 11 Kb]
--  4530 More Serious Adverse Action [ 14 Kb]
--  4540 Agency Records  [ 24 Kb]
--  4550 Performance Based Actions  [ 16 Kb]
--  4560 Through 4590 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 4600 Appeals of Adverse Actions
--  4610 Appeals of Adverse Actions  [ 7 Kb]
--  4620 Appeal of Performance Based Actions  [ 6 Kb]
--  4630 Through 4690 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 4700 Grievances-Civil Service
--  4710 General Provisions  [ 81 Kb]
--  4720 Informal Consideration of Grievances  [ 54 Kb]
--  4730 Formal Appeals under the Grievance Procedure  [ 56 Kb]
--  4740 Administrative Review  [ 60 Kb]
--  4750 Through 4790 Unassigned  [ 5 Kb]

3 FAM 4800 Department Awards Program
--  4810 Awards Program-General  [ 20 Kb]
--  4820 Honor Awards  [ 161 Kb]
--  4830 Annual Awards  [ 262 Kb]
--  4840 Recognition Awards  [ 179 Kb]
--  4850 Suggestions  [ 10 Kb]
--  4860 Awards Sponsored by Non-Governmental Organizations  [ 8 Kb]
--  4870 Pilot Performance Awards Program for the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations [ 84 Kb]
--  4880 Gainsharing Award Programs  [ 125 Kb]

3 FAM 4900 SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
--  4900 FITNESS FOR DUTY REQUIREMENTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT/SECURITY PERSONNEL IN THE BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY (DS) [ 100 Kb]

3 FAM 5100 Labor-Management Relations (General)
--  5110 General Provisions  [ 79 Kb]
--  5120 Through 5190 Unassigned [ 44 Kb]

3 FAM 5200 Unassigned
--  5200 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 5300 Department Relationships with Employee Organizations
--  5310 Department Relationships with Organizations Representing Federal Employees and Other Organizations [ 73 Kb]
--  5320 Through 5390 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 5400 Through 5900 Unassigned
--  5400 Through 5900 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 6100 Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and Foreign Service Pension System
--  6110 Foreign Service Retirement-General  [ 26 Kb]
--  6120 Foreign Service Retirement-Coverage  [ 27 Kb]
--  6130 Foreign Service Retirement Systems-Employee Contributions and Deductions  [ 11 Kb]
--  6140 Benefits When Separated Due to Expiration of Limited Career Extension, Expiration of Time in Class, Relative Performance or Reduction in Force  [ 105 Kb]
--  6150 Special Provisions for Law Enforcement Retirement Coverage for Special Agents Covered Under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System  [ 16 Kb]
--  6160 Through 6190 Unassigned  [ 5 Kb]
--  6100 Appendix B  [ 178 Kb]

3 FAM 6200 Mandatory Retirement
--  6210 Mandatory Retirement-General  [ 179 Kb]
--  6220 Through 6290 Unassigned  [ 5 Kb]

3 FAM 6300 Through 6900 Unassigned
--  6300 Through 6900 Unassigned  [ 5 Kb]

3 FAM 7100 General
--  7110 Introduction  [ 106 Kb]
--  7120 Definitions  [ 100 Kb]
--  7130 Medical  [ 67 Kb]
--  7140 Personnel Records  [ 66 Kb]
--  7150 Through 7190 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 7200 FSN Employee Recruitment and Employment
--  7210 Recruitment Standards  [ 6 Kb]
--  7220 Processing for Employment  [ 15 Kb]
--  7230 Types of Employment  [ 7 Kb]
--  7240 Appointment  [ 103 Kb]
--  7250 Assignments, Transfers, and Details  [ 11 Kb]
--  7260 Employment By Personal Services Contract of Foreign Nationals (Host or Third Country)  [ 17 Kb]
--  7270 Third-Country National (TCN)  [ 119 Kb]
--  7280 Personnel Reporting  [ 6 Kb]
--  7290 Employee-Management Relations  [ 9 Kb]

3 FAM 7300 Foreign Service Nationals (FSN) Compensation
--  7310 FSN Compensation  [ 14 Kb]
--  7320 Compensation Plans  [ 24 Kb]
--  7330 FSN Salary Payments  [ 6 Kb]
--  7340 Direct Benefit Payments  [ 30 Kb]
--  7350 Premium Compensation  [ 11 Kb]
--  7360 Furnishing Names and Salary Data at Request of Host Government [ 82 Kb]
--  7370 Withholding Taxes  [ 6 Kb]
--  7380 And 7390 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 7400 FSN Employee Attendance and Leave
--  7410 Establishment of Workweeks  [ 10 Kb]
--  7420 Time and Attendance Reports  [ 6 Kb]
--  7430 Annual and Sick Leave  [ 15 Kb]
--  7440 Holidays  [ 7 Kb]
--  7450 Excused Absences  [ 6 Kb]
--  7460 Leave Without Pay  [ 6 Kb]
--  7470 Absence Without Leave (AWOL)  [ 6 Kb]
--  7480 Leave Records  [ 6 Kb]
--  7490 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 7500 FSN Position Classification and Pay Administration
--  7510 FSN Position Classification and Position Management  [ 12 Kb]
--  7520 Delegation of Authority  [ 125 Kb]
--  7530 Position classification and Management Evaluation  [ 10 Kb]
--  7540 FSN Position Classification Appeals  [ 9 Kb]
--  7550 Pay Administration  [ 8 Kb]
--  7560 General Policy and Authority  [ 80 Kb]
--  7570 Promotions  [ 92 Kb]
--  7580 Within-Grade Increases  [ 60 Kb]
--  7590 Downgradings  [ 144 Kb]

3 FAM 7600 FSN Employee Performance Evaluation, Incentive Awards, and Training
--  7610 Performance Evaluation  [ 7 Kb]
--  7620 Incentive Awards  [ 6 Kb]
--  7630 Training  [ 121 Kb]
--  7640 Through 7690 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 7700 FSN Employee Benefits, Disciplinary Actions, Separations, and Reemployment
--  7710 FSN Employee Benefits Under U.S. Law  [ 195 Kb]
--  7720 FSN Employee Disciplinary Actions  [ 6 Kb]
--  7730 FSN Employee Separations  [ 19 Kb]
--  7740 Reemployment of FSNs  [ 8 Kb]
--  7750 Claims for Private Personal Property Losses  [ 6 Kb]
--  7760 Through 7790 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 7800 And 7900 Unassigned
--  7800 And 7900 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]

3 FAM 8100 Unassigned
--  8100 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]
--  8100 Appendix A  [ 110 Kb]

3 FAM 8200 Family Member Appointments
--  8210 Family Member Limited Noncareer Appointment  [ 206 Kb]
--  8220 Through 8290 Unassigned  [ 3 Kb]
--  8200 Appendix A  [ 251 Kb]

3 FAM 8300 Nepotism
--  8310 General Provisions [ 11 Kb]
--  8320 through 8390 Unassigned [ 5 Kb]

3 FAM 8600 Appendix A
--  8600 Appendix A  [ 115 Kb]

3 FAM 8900 Consular Agent Human Resources Administration
--  8910 General [ 44 Kb]
--  8920 through 8990 Unassigned [ 43 Kb]

  
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