Publicize the nature and outcomes of demonstration projects and alternative personnel systems. The number of demonstration projects and alternative personnel management systems approved by OPM for publication in the Federal Register and the number implemented. FY 1998 was a record-setting year for demonstration projects. Research Laboratory Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Proposed Federal Register plans were completed and published for the DoD Acquisition Workforce, the only demonstration project to cover a workforce rather than an organization. In FY 1999, four more demonstration projects are expected to be implemented.
Work is in progress on three more projects testing new pay and classification systems.
The Demonstration Project Evaluation Handbook was released as a working draft in FY 1998. Demonstration project presentations were given for the American Compensation Association, the International Personnel Management Association, Federal Executive Boards, and a variety of agencies. New HRM laws, regulations, or lessons learned from demonstration projects. The Federal Employees Pay and Compensation Act authorized, for the first time, recruitment, retention, and relocation bonuses and allowances. These were first tested in the China Lake Demonstration Project.