AFS:. Mr.I.10R..".NDUM 

ilUl'IBZR 32-77/l 

REF ID:A59204 

• flEPAR.':mENT OF DEF£NSE 

Aill1ED FORc:s SECURITY AGENCY 

Washin~ton 25, D. c. 

• 

9 April 1952 

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 APRIL 1953 UHLESS SOONER RESCIND:W OR SUPERS~:;!;D 

LI!.JIIT!~TIONS ON PERSONNEL ACTIONS - WHIT1'EN i ... TVJ.~NDi:'1ENT 

1. Tho vorsion of ti1is ncmcrandum dated 14 Docember 1951 is hereby 

Supcrsad~d, 

2, The First Supplem<?ntal Appropriation Act, 1952 (Public Law 253, 

82nd Congress) bGcamo effective 1 November 1951. Section 1310 of this 

Act, the llMhitt.;n Arnendm~nt, 11 contains d0tailed provisions which apply 

to administration of AFSJ\. and hSh civilian personn.Jl as follows: 

a. Classification Act Dmpl0yc0s • . (1) Appointmants and promotions. All appointm~nts and pro~otions 

,.rill b,~ mad.:i as Sch .... dUla B '3Xce:pt . .;d appointments. 

(2) Actions t0 ~~auo GS-5 and b.:ilow, or equivalent. No e:mploy~o 

or former ~uderal cmployco hay be advanc~d mor~ than 2 grades 

from th~ lo'T!!'es't grade hold i·rl. thin the; past 12 months. This 

ndvancanont may be 2 grades at one tine or in 2 soparatt.i 

actions. 

(3) Actions to ~radu GS-6 and abov'3, or equivalent, 

(a) No Gmploy'3c or form6r F0deral omploy50 may be appointed 

or promot~d to a high8r grad~ within 12 months aft:::r' the 

app.:>intment l·hich bogan his lato::st pisriod of continuous 

Fcde:ral employment, or aft8r his last appointmGnt or 

promotion to a high0r grade ( whichevc.r is. 1a tar) 1 and 

(b) No employ ..:8 or form.~r .::.mploy·:tJ may bG advanc...,d more than 

one grade above the 101-•t:st grad3 hd h.Jld 1·•ithin thG past 

12 months. Nowavcr, in the follo-wi.ng cases he may ba 

advanc..::d 2 {"radus above the lowtJst grad.; he held ,.'ithin 

th~ past 12 m•Jnths •·•ht:n the position to b o fill~d is: 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 07-24-2013 pursuantto E.O. 1352e 
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REF ID:A59204 

AFSA MEMORANDUl:1 

NU:-iBER 32-77/1 (cont'd) 

(!~) 

1 Not higher than grade GS-11 and is in a line of work 

properly classified at tT'"O-grade inturvals undor the 

Clo.ssifica tion Act of 1949 or properly .;s tablishod at 

equivalent intervals under other vragd-fixing authority. 

2 In the agency in ~hich he is,serving if there is no 

position in tha normal linG of promotion in the grade 

i."'lll'll~diatoly b0lov• that of the position to be filh~d 

anrl prior approval of the Dopa.rtm.:mt of tha Army has 

bc1:m obtatn0d. 

Employe13s dcmot.:-~d or S13par:it>::d b·r reduction in fore..,. The 

r(~strictions oi' tho Whi ttcn Aml:Jl'l.dm..n t do not apply to any 

employc..a Hho is b.:::ing advancad tu any .;rad·:: up to that from 

T·1hich hu had .;Ver been dcm0ted or separatl.ld, by any F.3dural 

1gency, b~causo of reduction in fore~. Any time or gr~do 

requir·::imont for adva:acom.ent'"above thl.l ·;r~d..:1 from T·hich he 

had b~en saparat~d or d~mot~d ~'1.11 begin with the off active 

dat~ of his advancGI11..nt to that grade. 

b. WagG Board employ...;es. The provisions of the Whitton !unendmont do 

not apply to W .. ge Board employi:h:S. 

3. Equivalent Grades 

a. Follor.Q.ru;:- is a table of fae Gcn0ral Schedule (GS) grades and their 

equivalents in the Crafts# Protactive and Custodial SchGdulc (CPC) 

for use only. in determining i·hich rastrictions under th0 Whitten 

~mondrr1~nt are applicable to personnul actions within the CPC 

schcld1il.c, or to actions from onu schadul0 t~ tho oth0r: 

-, ...... 

• 

GS Grade 

GS-1 

GS-2 

GS-3 

GS-4 

GS-5 

GE-6 

· GS-7 

GS-8 

Equivalent CPC Grade 

CPC-1 

CI'C-2 

CPC-3 

CPC-4 

CPC-5 

CPC-6 

CPC-7 

CPC-8 

CPC-9 

CPC-10 

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AFSl-1. 11EMOMNDTJ.1 

NUMBEH 32-77 /1 (cont t d) 

(1) Th~ rustrictions on personnel actions to positions at GS-5 

or bcllow apply to actions to positlons at CPC-7 or bolo••. 

(2) The r~strictions on pers~nnal actions to positions at GS-6 

or abov0 apply to acti.ms t.) positions at c:r,C-8 or above. 

b. In taking a personnel action involving a chan~d from on~ CPC 

position to anothur CPC position, tJach succussiv3 grade counts 

as a on13-gradc chang.::. For <...:Xamplo, a promotian from CPC-2 to 

CPC-3 is a changu of' ona grade, from CPC-2 to CFC-4 is ~. chan~u 

oi two grad~s, utc. 

c. In taking a p~rsonnol action involvin~ a chang~ from th~ CPC 

Sch.Jdul.::: to th.~ G~n...;ral 3ch..Jdule:, th..s restrictions ~fill be thu 

same as would b~ applicabl~ if thJ change wGrG to the CFC ~radu 

.aquivalcnt oi' th.:. GS grs.dd. For exa..'Tlpl0, a promotion from CPC-2 

to GS-2 lil\)uld be a change of two grades, since GS...2 is oquival....nt 

to crc-4. 

d. In takin;; a personnel action involvin~ a chang~ from thG G~naral 

Sch.;du10 to th·,j CPC Schcdul .... , tht- rl.:!strictions "t-rlJJ bu the same 

as ,,'Ould be applicabl0 i.r:' tho changl} 11.:ir.: to the: GS e0uival0nt of 

the CPC gra.dtJ. For ~pl.=:;;, a pron.otion from GS-1 to CPc ... 5 l'·Juld 

bo a change of two F:;radus, sincu CPC-5 is Gcuival-.int to GS-3. 

e. For th J piJrpose of chans.::s bet··c.::.n Classification r~ct and Wagd 

Board positions, Wa~o Board gr~dG 12 will be considervd ~quival~nt 

to r.raJcs GS-5 an1 CPC-7. Thr~e Wage Board gradGs will b3 consid.;r-.;d equivalent to t-niJ GS grade. 

h. The Chiof, r~s:., concurs that th...::s~ provisions apply to ASA porson..l'J..::l. 

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Colond, AGC 

Adjutant Gr'Il..m:li 

DISTRIBUTION III 3 

I~LFR.ED. R. 1·11.RCY 

Col.)nel, Si~nal Corps 

Chi.Jf of Staff