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Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-25

Laboratory HR and appointing official

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Directors of designated STRLs; specified research/test directors for covered positions

Executing office · routing lead

Laboratory HR and appointing official

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Laboratory HR and appointing official. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-25 · Research workforce

Direct-hire laboratory scientists, engineers, students and qualified veterans

STRL directors can appoint eligible specialists outside ordinary competitive hiring procedures, convert qualifying students and manage lab workforce within budget.

What this is not / limit: Budget control remains; exclusion from personnel limits does not cover SES or scientific/professional §3104 positions.

Executing role: Laboratory HR and appointing official

Authority holder

Directors of designated STRLs; specified research/test directors for covered positions

Eligibility gate

  • Position and candidate must fit scientific/engineering, veteran STEM or student categories.
  • Annual caps by category based on prior-year filled positions; senior technical positions have separate limits.

Funding condition

  • Existing laboratory personnel funds; no automatic additional funded billets.

All recorded limits

  • Budget control remains; exclusion from personnel limits does not cover SES or scientific/professional §3104 positions.
  • Other preserved civil-service requirements remain.
People & expertise
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.