Non-reimbursable details are authorized where the expected benefit of a detail would be comparable to training or development programs that otherwise would be conducted at a DoD Component's expense. Image: Robert P. Alvarez/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Defense Department has approved the detail of civilian employees to DHS for border security and “interior immigration enforcement” purposes, although not specifying how many employees that might involve or exactly what they might be doing.
“DoD supervisors and civilian employees shall comply with DHS procedures for deployment detail assignments, as appropriate,” says the memo, adding that further guidance is coming from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
That office “will coordinate with DHS to facilitate these temporary assignments by DoD civilian employees in support of critical ongoing operations,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “Whether on the border or in our communities, allowing qualified DoD civilian employees to support DHS will accelerate the progress already made by Service members in achieving our national security goals.”
Says the memo, “Detail assignments may be either reimbursable or non-reimbursable. Non-reimbursable details are authorized where the expected benefit of a detail would be comparable to training or development programs that otherwise would be conducted at a DoD Component’s expense.”
Those considerations are to include “whether the tasks to be carried out by employees during the detail are of a similar nature to the tasks those employees execute in the course of their normal duties; whether the detail would otherwise enhance the skills and further develop the employees professionally; the duration of the contemplated detail for each employee, including the fact that the training and professional development value might diminish over time as the employee gains experience; and the impacts to the Department from the employee’s absence.”
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