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DECISION
THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, O C. 20548
L F,
FILE: B-194374
DATE: November 20, 1979
MATTER OF: Detail to Acting State Directors, Farmers Home
Administration
DIGEST: Employees of the Department of Agriculture detailed
to positions 2 or more grades higher than their
appointed positions are entitled to a retroactive
promotion to the highest grade to which entitled
under the Whitten Amendment and other requirements.
Employees detailed to a higher grade position the
duties of which they performed in addition to their
regular duties are entitled to a retroactive promotion
since there is no indication that they did not perform
the full duties at the higher grade. 1 j
We have been asked by the Department of Agriculture to
determine thejentitlement to a retroactive promotion and
backpay of certain employees who were detailed to the position
of Acting State Director of the Farmers Home Administration.
The position of State Director was a Schedule A, Excepted
Appointment, which was classified at grade GS-15. The employees
who were appointed as Acting State Directors occupied positions
in the competitive service at the GS-12 and GS-13 levels.
The employees detailed to the position of Acting State
Director fall into two groups. The first group was detailed as
follows:
You are hereby designated to act as State Director
for [State] effeccive immediately until further
notice. You are delegated all rights, privileges,
duties, and powers delegated to the position of
State Director. This delegation is in addition
to your regular duties.
The second group was detailed in the following manner:
You are hereby designated to act with full
authority for the State Director effective [date].
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