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
[76 Kb]
3 FAM 1400 Arrangements for Senior and Presidential Appointees
-1410 Arrangements for Presidential Appointees
[81 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 Domestic Partners
-1610 Domestic Partners
[71 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
[194 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 Limited Noncareer Appointments under Section 303 of the Foreign Service Act
[85 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
[88 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
[91 Kb]
-3440 Military Leave
[66 Kb]
-3450 Court Leave
[108 Kb]
-3460 Other Paid Leave
[95 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
[105 Kb]
-3730 Visitation Travel
[68 Kb]
-3740 Emergency Visitation Travel
[125 Kb]
-3750 Travel of Children of Separated Families
[74 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
[102 Kb]
-4180 Members of Household
[57 Kb]
-4190 Marriage Requirements of an Employee to a Foreign National or to a U.S. Citizen
[79 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
[262 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]
Change Transmittals
-PER-615 (07-30-2009) 1610 Domestic Partners
[67 Kb]
-PER-614 (07-29-2009) 3720 Rest and Recuperation Travel
[67 Kb]
-PER-613 (07-21-2009) 1300 Appendix A, 1410 Arrangements for Presidential Appointees, and 2210 Appointments
[78 Kb]
-PER-612 (07-20-2009) 3430 Home Leave and 3750 Travel of Children of Separated Families
[67 Kb]
-PER-611 (07-14-2009) 1610 Domestic Partners
[82 Kb]
-PER-610 (06-09-2009) 2350 Personal Records, 4170 Official Clearance of Speaking, Writing, and Teaching, and 8200 Appendix A
[68 Kb]
-PER-609 (05-21-2009) 3720 Rest and Recuperation
[84 Kb]
-PER-608 (04-07-2009) Removes 4100 Appendix B and Adds 4190 Marriage Requirements of an Employee to a Foreign National or to a U.S. Citizen
[60 Kb]
-PER-607 (01-15-2009) 2290 Limited Noncareer Appointments under Section 303 of the Foreign Service Act
[70 Kb]
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