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B-212288 1 (1984-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadltb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I THN COMPTROLLER GENERAL OKOKUION ap THIN UNITED 10TATI110 WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20549 June i1l, t98 FILE: B-212288 OATE: MATTER OF: Compensation Recoupment - Promotions Subject to Subsequent Mandatory Training Requirement DIGEST: The propriety of compensation payments to contracting officers at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, is questioned since the employees have not met a condition subse- quent mandatory training requirement after promotion as set forth in a Department of Defense civilian career program manual. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regu- lations mandate that agency-established position qualification requirements must be promulgated so that an evaluation can be made before an employee is appointed to a position. Since the position qualifica- tion training requirement did not have to be met at the time of appointment, it is invalid as inconsistent with QPM requirements and there is no basis for ordering recoupment of compensation from the employees involved. INTRODUCTION By a letter dated November 21, 1983, Representative Peter H. Kostmayer--in cooperation with his constituent Saul Lefkowitz--requested a Comptroller General decision on the propriety of compensation payments to certain civil- ian employees at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, alleged to be holding positions for which they are not qualified. The issue here is whether compensation payments to contracting officers who have not met a condition subsequent mandatory training requirement set forth in a DOD civilian career program manual must be recouped because they are/were not qualified for the positions to which promoted. We con- clude that compensation payments to these contracting officers were not improper since the training requirement does not conform to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) requirements. %1.' A I-

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