COMDTINST 12500.2
5.
DEFINITIONS.
a. "Funds Manager" means the manager of the fund (AC&I, R&D, EC&R, AFC-08, etc.)
which pays salary and associated personnel costs of the employee or prospective
employee.
b. "Involuntarily Separated" means a separation initiated by the Coast Guard against the
employee's will and without his or her consent for reasons other than misconduct or
delinquency. An involuntary separation includes a separation resulting from an
employee's actual inability to perform the duties of his or her position following genuine
efforts to do so (generally referred to as inefficiency). An involuntary separation does not
include separation under 5 CFR 752, or an equivalent procedure for reasons that involve
culpable wrongdoing on the part of the employee. In addition, when an employee is
separated because he or she declines to accept reassignment outside the commuting area,
the separation is involuntary if the employee is not subject to some form of mobility
agreement. In some cases, an employee becomes subject to mobility after being placed in
his or her position. Such an employee is considered to be involuntarily separated if he or
she declines reassignment after becoming subject to mobility. However, an employee's
separation is not involuntary if, after such a written mobility agreement is added, the
employee accepts one reassignment and declines any subsequent reassignments.
c. "Newly appointed" means the first appointment as an employee in the Federal
Government regardless of tenure, or a subsequent appointment after a break in Federal
service of at least 90 days, excluding a break in service following a temporary
appointment, or employment under the Student Educational Employment Program.
d. "Rate of basic pay" means the rate of pay fixed by law or administrative action for the
position to which the employee is or will be newly appointed, before deductions and
exclusive of additional pay of any kind, such as locality-based comparability payments or
special pay adjustments for law enforcement officers.
e. "Service agreement" means a written agreement between the Coast Guard and an
employee, including an applicant to whom a written offer of employment has been made,
under which the employee or applicant agrees to be employed with the Coast Guard for a
specific period of not less than 12 months in return for payment of a recruitment or
relocation bonus.
f. "Special need" means the Coast Guard's special need for mission- or program-related
services of a particular kind, including those for special projects.
g. "Superior qualifications appointment" means an appointment made at a rate above the
minimum rate (step one) of the appropriate General Schedule grade because a candidate
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