UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ‘Washington, DC 20415 August 10, 2018 Ms. Tanya Ward Jordan President & Founder ‘The Coalition For Change, Inc. P.O, Box 5284 Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Subject: FOIA Tracking #2018-07898 Dear Ms. Jordan, This letter is in response to your May 7, 2018, and May 25, 2018, letters in which you request that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provide the following information: ‘A. Identify all agencies presently operating under an OPM approved alternate personnel system (e.g, pay for performance, payband, broadban: B. The total count of employees presently covered by the General Schedule (GS) pay system; and C. The total count of employees presently covered by systems outside of the GS pay system. In response to Part A of your request, OPM does not maintain a list of alternative personnel systems. However, OPM has in the past published a status report on demonstration projects and other performance-based pay systems that you may find useful. The most recent such report is available at hittps://archive.opm.gov/aps/about/reports/2008A1 tusReport.pdf. An alternative personnel system (APS) may be established under discrete legislation for an agency or community of agencies, or under the demonstration project provisions of chapter 47 of title 5, United States Code. All demonstration projects are considered alternative personnel systems; however, not all APSs are demonstration projects. ‘There are three categories of performance-based pay systems: ‘© Demonstration Projects: Chapter 47 of title 5, United States Code, authorizes OPM to establish and evaluate personnel demonstration projects, either directly or through agreement with one or more Federal agencies and other publie and private organizations. Chapter 47 defines a demonstration project as “a project conducted by OPM, or under its, supervision, to determine whether a specified change in personnel management policies or procedures would result in improved Federal personnel management.” Chapter 47 enables the Government to test alternative, merit-based approaches to specific personnel management tasks and processes before making them more generally applicable. www.opm.gov Our mision isto ensure the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce www.usajobs.gov‘* Independent Systems: ‘These agency-specific systems are established under independent authority granted by Congress either in a particular agency's authorizing legislation or as a specific authority to implement a separate compensation system. ‘* Executive Pay Systems: These Governmentwide performance-based pay systems require all pay increases to be driven by measured performance against established objectives and expected achievements. We recommend contacting individual agencies directly concerning their non-GS pay systems. For your information, a list of Federal pay plan codes is available in OPM’s Guide to Data Standards at https://dw.opm.gov/datastandards/referenceData/1497/current?index=P. Regarding Parts B and C of your request, we refer you to the Federal human resources data, available at https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/. If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may file an appeal. Should you wish to do so, pursuant to 5 CFR 294.110, you must send a copy of your initial request, a copy of the letter denying the request, and a statement as to why you believe the denying official erred within 90 days from the date of this letter to: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of General Counsel 1900 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20415 Both the front of the envelope and the first page of your letter should be marked “FOIA Appeal.” ‘The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) was created to offer mediation services to resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and federal agencies as a non-exclusive altemative to litigation. You may contact OGIS in any of the following ways: ‘The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Office of Government Information Services 8601 Adelphi Road - OGIS College Park, MD 20740-6001 Telephone: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448 Fax: 202-741-57690GIS Email: ogis@nara.govUNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Washington, DC 20415, ‘You may also seek additional assistance from OPM'’s Public Liaison. The OPM FOIA Public Liaison can be reached as follows: Email: foia@opm.gov Telephone Hotline: 202-606-1153 Brenda L. Roberts Deputy Associate Director Pay and Leave www.opm.gov Que mission isto encure the Federal Government has an effective evllan workforce www.usajobs.gov