Commerce Demo Project Expanded

The alternative personnel practice demonstration project at the Commerce Department has been expanded under authority enacted last year allowing the department to bring about 3,500 additional National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees into the project, raising the total of NOAA employees affected to about 6,900 and the total department-wide to about 8,500. The key features of the project involve increased delegation of authority and accountability to line managers, simplified classification and broad banding, pay for performance, hiring and pay-setting flexibility, and modified reduction-in-force procedures.