Overview
In September 1996 a Process Action Team (PAT) was formed by the
Secretary of Defense in response to Section 4308 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996. The PAT was chartered
to take full opportunity of this legislation and to develop solutions
for many DoD acquisition workforce personnel issues. The team included
managers from each of the Military Services and DoD Components,
as well as subject-matter experts from civilian personnel and manpower.
This team developed initiatives that, together, represent sweeping
changes to the entire spectrum of human resource management for
the DoD acquisition workforce. Several initiatives were designed
to assist DoD acquisition activities in hiring and placing the best
people to fulfill mission requirements. Others focused on developing,
motivating, and equitably compensating employees based on their
contribution to the mission. Initiatives to maintain organizational
excellence were also developed. These initiatives were endorsed
and accepted in total by the acquisition leadership.
The AcqDemo's first Federal Register Notice was published on
March 24, 1998. The second version was published ten months later
on January 8, 1999. Several amendments to this document, which
are available in the library section of the AcqDemo Web site have occured since January of 1999.
On September 30, 1999, the first Contribution-based Compensation
and Appraisal System (CCAS) rating cycle was completed with the
General Pay Increase, Contribution Rating Increase and Contribution
Award effective January 2, 2000. The program is now in its 6th
cycle.
There are AcqDemo participants from all the Services, OUSD (AT&L),
and the Defense Agencies.
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