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B-207856 1 (1982-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkpr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I1 '+34 DECISION THE COMPTfOLLUR GENERAL OF THE UNITED *iTATE WASHINOTON, o, 0, 20546 B-207856 DATEt September 13, 1982 MATTER OF DIGEST: Urban Kinnunen - Irregular Appointment An individual was appointed from a PACE register prior to his completion of the education requirements for PACE certification due to agency error, He subsequently completed those require- ments, and his appointment was there- fore allowed to stand by OPM. He is entitled to retain the compensation he received for the period of the irregular appointment, to credit for all accrued leave, and to service credit for leave accrual purposes. Allowance of service credit for other purposes, including retirement credit, is within the juris.- diction of the Office of Personnel Man- agement. 11 This decision is in response to a request from George A. Blakeslee, Chief, Civilian Personnel Division, U.S. Army Nateriel Development and Readiness Command, requesting our decision concerning the payment of salary to an individual who was irregularly appointed as a civilian employee of the Department of the Army. The request for decision was ini- tiated by a subordinate command, the U.S. Army Tank - Automotive Command (TACOM) in Warren, Michigan. The individual in question, Mr. Urban Kinnunen, was selected from PACE Certificate No. CHPI-0177, dated January 21, 1981, and was. appointed by TACOM on March 11, 1981. Although the certificate made it clear that agencies were to verify that candidates had satisfied the educational requirements for PACE qualification, jACOM failed to make that verification. Incident to a survey of civilian per- sonnel management, the U.S. Army Civilian Personnel Center in Atlanta, Georgia, issued a report dated August 24, 1981, informing TACOM thatMr. Kinnunen's appointment was a regulatory violtion because he had not met the educational requirements at the time of his appointment. The TACOM responded that, subsequent to the'report, Mr. Kinnunen had graduated from Wayne State University and had obtained the necessary grade point average for PACE qualification. The 4 - *. I FILE: F:

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