DCPAS provides DOD policy and guidance implementing portability of benefits laws and regulations governing employee moves between the civil service and DOD Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) employment systems. DCPAS also provides advisory assistance to DOD Component Human Resources Office staff on portability issues that may occur when an employee moves between the two systems. These issues include documenting portability of benefits when processing separations and appointments, determining whether service is creditable for purposes such as leave accrual, offering and implementing retirement system coverage elections, and processing retirements for employees who elected to remain in the previous employment system's retirement plan.

Under portability law and regulation, employees who move with a break in service of no more than three days between DOD NAF and DOD civil service positions may be eligible for pay, leave, and reduction-in-force benefit protection. Employees moving between retirement-covered DOD NAF positions and Civil Service Retirement System or Federal Employees Retirement System-covered civil service positions in any agency, with a break in service of no more than one year, may be eligible to continue coverage in the retirement plan that covered them immediately before the move. Use the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): Merged Records Personnel Folder below to retain the records of employees who qualify for portability of benefits, as well as electronic official personnel folders.

Resources

• Memorandum of Understanding: Merged Records Personnel Folder
• Portability of Benefits Reference Guide
• Portability of Benefits Toolkit
  • Portability of Benefits Out-Processing Checklists

    Portability Move - Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) to Civil Service Out-Processing Checklist for NAF Human Resources Office (HRO)

    Portability Move - Civil Service to Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Out-Processing Checklist for Civil Service Human Resources Office

  • Portability of Benefits In-Processing Checklists

    Eligibility for Portability following a Civil Service to Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Move In-Processing Checklist for NAF Human Resources Office (HRO)

    Eligibility for Portability following a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) to Civil Service Move In-Processing Checklist for Civil Service Human Resources Office (HRO)

  • Portability of Benefits Eligibility Statement

    Move from an Appropriated Fund (APF) Civil Service Position to a DOD Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Position

    Move from a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Position to a DOD Appropriated Fund (APF) Civil Service Position

  • Portability of Benefits Retirement Election Processing Checklists

    Portability Move - Civil Service to Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Checklist for Processing NAF Employee Elections to Retain CSRS or FERS

    Portability Move - Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) to Civil Service Checklist for Processing Civil Service Employee Elections to Retain NAF Retirement Coverage

  • Portability of Benefits Eligibility Decision Notice

    Memorandum: Portability of Benefits Eligibility Decision Notice

  • Retirement System Reference Chart

    DOD Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Component Retirement Plan and FERS Policy Reference Chart

  • Nonappropriated Fund 401(k) Information

    NAF 401(k) Information and Points of Contact

  • Portability of Benefits for Employees

    Portability of Benefits for Employees

  • FAQ's Portability NAF to APF

    FAQ's Portability NAF to APF

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