Appendix C to Part 246 - Personnel Policies and Procedures
32:2.1.1.1.43.0.1.8.18 : Appendix C
Appendix C to Part 246 - Personnel Policies and Procedures
A. General Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Employment
Policies. 1. The Stars and Stripes (S&S) shall have a
personnel system that is business oriented in terms of personnel
management concepts. The system shall provide maximum authority and
accountability to the S&S managers at all levels and shall
endeavor to improve productivity through a system of awards and
bonuses for high-performing employees. The S&S NAF employees
shall be governed in accordance with the U.S. Army NAF regulations,
except where exceptions to general policy have been granted by the
Unified Commands, the American Forces Information Service (AFIS),
and the U.S. Army to the S&S.
2. As DoD employees, the S&S civilian personnel shall abide
by 32 CFR part 40, the Department of Defense, the Unified Command,
and the U.S. Army regulations, U.S. laws governing Government
employees, the applicable host-nation laws, and the applicable
status of forces agreements (SOFA) requirements. The S&S
commander/publisher shall ensure that the S&S employees are
made aware of those provisions before being hired and that
employees receive adequate personnel training.
3. The S&S shall endeavor to recruit civilian personnel with
solid experience, education, and performance credentials in the
required business, publishing, or editorial disciplines. The
S&S, as part of its hiring practices, shall specify terms of
Government employment and include responsibilities, such as those
in 32 CFR part 40, so that the S&S civilian employees are fully
aware of their obligations as DoD employees.
B. Appropriated Fund (APF) Personnel Assignment
Authority. Appropriated-funded manpower staffing to operate,
manage, or support the S&S is authorized under DoD Directive
1015.4. 1
1 Copies may be obtained, at cost, from the National Technical
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA
22161.
C. Military Officer Personnel Procedures. 1. Candidates
for the S&S military officer positions shall be nominated by
the Military Services, through the Director of the AFIS, to the
Unified Command Commander-in-Chief (CINC), who shall make the final
selection. The S&S military officer positions considered for
nomination shall be the S&S commander/publisher and deputy
commander(s).
a. The S&S commander/publisher should have military public
affairs and joint-Service experience, and a journalism degree.
b. The S&S officers supervising business operations should
have experience in DoD Comptroller functions and be familiar with
laws and regulations applicable to DoD and NAFI business
operations. A master's degree in business administration is
desirable, but not mandatory.
c. Instead of an advanced degree or military public affairs
experience, nominees may be authorized, by the Unified Command CINC
and the AFIS, to substitute a DoD-funded “training-with-industry”
program with comparable newspaper operations in the United
States.
d. The Unified Commands shall forecast military vacancies in the
S&S to allow time for the Military Services' nomination
processes to be completed and provide for education before the
S&S assignment.
e. The Military Services shall provide highly qualified officers
for all S&S assignments at the required grade levels.
2. Military officers selected for duty as S&S
commander/publisher shall undergo a “training-with-industry”
program to provide real-world training with a commercial newspaper.
That program shall be administered by the Director of the AFIS, in
coordination with the Military Services and the Unified
Commands.
D. Enlisted Members of the Stars and Stripes Editorial
Staff. 1. Enlisted military personnel shall be assigned to the
Stars and Stripes editorial staff, as reflected in the designated
Unified Command Joint Manpower Program (JMP) documents, on a
nominative basis. The Military Services shall nominate the most
mature and professional personnel for assignment to the Stars and
Stripes editorial staff at the required JMP grade- and
experience-level, coordinating with the Unified Commands and the
Director of the AFIS. Nominations shall be considered on a
competitive basis by the S&S commander/publisher and the Stars
and Stripes editor. The S&S shall request nominations 18 months
before projected billet vacancies. The Military Services shall
forward nominations 6-10 months in advance to the S&S, (ATTN:
S&S Commander/Publisher). The Military Services shall provide
the S&S with reasonable overlap of military enlisted members
serving on the Stars and Stripes editorial staff.
2. The S&S commander/publisher shall coordinate with the
Unified Commands to ensure that there is an appropriate mixture of
Military Service billets and/or assignments represented in the
S&S to preserve the tradition of the Stars and Stripes as
joint-Service newspapers.