EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-27

Laboratory HR/appointing officials

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

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of Defense program; Service acquisition executive or military-department Secretary approves applicable pay

Executing office · routing lead

Laboratory HR/appointing officials

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/appointing officials. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-27 · Research workforce

Offer enhanced pay for critical laboratory technology positions

Set elevated basic pay for narrowly defined high-end STRL research/technology and acquisition experts to recruit or retain exceptional personnel.

What this is not / limit: Normally not more than 5 positions per military department, with statutory allocation-transfer option.

Executing role: Laboratory HR/appointing officials

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense program; Service acquisition executive or military-department Secretary approves applicable pay

Eligibility gate

  • Extremely high expertise and critical research/technology mission; use only to recruit/retain exceptionally qualified person.

Funding condition

  • Available personnel appropriations; service approval of program and compensation.

All recorded limits

  • Normally not more than 5 positions per military department, with statutory allocation-transfer option.
  • Position term less than 5 years.
Other statutory tools
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.