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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Notices
In accordance with the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the DON announces that the NNPP, a joint activity of the DON and the Department of Energy DOE, NNPP will convert from the General Schedule GS Classification and Pay System and the DON Interim Performance Management System IPMS to the NNSA pay and performance System, also known as the NNSA Demonstration Project. This conversion will align DON employees of the NNPP with their counterparts in the DOE, NNSA, and bring parity to the pay and performance systems within the Nuclear Propulsion workforce.
DATES: This conversion will become effective September 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Edward Rose, 4124767204, or edward.rose@nrp.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When the Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Headquarters converted to the DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project AcqDemo, Naval Reactors chose to opt out of AcqDemo in anticipation of aligning with the DOE, NNSA
Demonstration Project. Section 3116a3 of the Fiscal Year 2018
NDAA authorized NNPP to convert its DON employees to the NNSA System with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy approved the transition of NNPPs DON
civilian personnel to the NNSA
Demonstration Project Personnel Management System on February 5, 2019. NNPP has been working with the NAVSEA Office of Civilian Human Resources to promulgate the conversion and plan the implementation through relevant DON and DoD offices. After providing data and supporting documentation, the DoD Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service has given approval to commence with the planning and implementation upon publishing of this notice. The implementation will require, among other actions, coordination with the DFAS, final notice to employees, developing NNPP procedures, creating new position descriptions, and processing pay plan adjustment personnel actions.
The NNSA Demonstration Project was designed by NNSA, with participation of and review by the DOE and the Office of Personnel Management. The NNSA
Demonstration Project modifies the GS
Classification and Pay System by creating broad career paths, establishing pay bands within each career path which may cover more than one GS
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progression, and provides for annual pay adjustments based on performance.
The NNPP has experienced higher-thanaverage attrition and has had difficulty filling positions, with pay/grade frequently cited as the reason for declination by candidates.
As a joint DON/DOE organization, Naval Reactors has historically managed its civilian workforce under each respective agencys personnel management system. The Fiscal Year FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act states that the Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program NNPP may, with concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, apply NNSA DEMO to all nonexecutive competitive service employees of the NNPP, thereby strengthening Naval Reactors recruitment and retention of the highestquality technical and professional workforce. This move aligns with the goal of shifting away from tenure-based personnel systems to performance-based personnel management systems while streamlining administrative processes inherent in managing Naval Reactors employees under two different systems.
All DON NNPP current GS employees and vacant GS positions will be converted, excluding any Schedule C
excepted service positions. There are approximately 210 affected positions, with all but about 40 of those positions located at the Washington Navy Yard.
These positions will remain as DON
positions. The NNPP will adopt the NNSA Demonstration Project Policies and Procedures Manual, dated March 2008, which will also be used by the servicing Human Resources Office and the Defense Finance Accounting Service DFAS to implement and support the NNPP. The intent of this notice is to promulgate this conversion to stakeholders within the Departments of Energy, Defense, and Navy. Affected employees are not represented by a labor union.
Dated: September 17, 2021.
J.M. Pike, Commander, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students With Disabilities Program Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

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The Department of Education Department is issuing a notice inviting applications NIA for a new award for fiscal year FY 2021 for the National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.116D. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 18940006.
DATES:
Applications Available: September 22, 2021.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 22, 2021.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019
84 FR 3768, and available at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B194, Washington, DC 20202
4260. Telephone: 202 4537090.
Email: Shedita.Alston@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD or a text telephone TTY, call the Federal Relay Service FRS, toll free, at 1800877
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to support a National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities the Center to provide technical assistance and information on best and promising practices for students with disabilities as they transition to or attend postsecondary education. Institutions of higher education IHEs, as well as elementary and secondary schools, have legal obligations under two civil rights laws prohibiting disability discrimination, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended Section 504 29
U.S.C. 794, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended ADA 42 U.S.C. 1210112213. The technical assistance and information provided by the Center can help students, parents, and educational officials in determining how to meet
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