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UNCLASSIFIED Awards Progran Policy Guide. 4.2.4.3. Required Documentation The FBiHQ division or FO must document the long-term (more than 30 consecutive days) acting assignment by an EC at the start of the assignnent and indicate the effective start date. A second closing EC must be submitted at the end of the acting assignment to document the duration of the. assignnent, including start and end dates. The first line of both ECs title must be "Acting Assignment." The title of the EC must also. include the official Bureau name ot the employee, the position title for the acting assignment. and the grade leve of'the employee. The EC must not have a lead and must be serialized into (FBIHQ division/FO subfile). b7E The FBIHQ division or FO award POC will submit an acting assignment award request in the EpAs awards module in an amount commensurate with the award structure in subsections. 4 2.4.1. and 4 2.4.2. of this PG, respectively, based on the duration of the employee's. assignment. A PDF [Portable Document Format] file of'the closing EC must be submitted along with the award request in the EPAS awards module. HRD reviews and processes all acting assignment awards through the EPAS awards module. subject to the availability of funds and in accordance with this PG.. 4.2.4.4. Exemptions If an employee is reassigned from an acting assignment as a result of performance or conduct issues, the management official is not permitted to nominate the employee for an acting assignment award. SES enployees acting in other SEs positions are excluded from this policy because they are eligible for performance incentives through the pay-for-performance system. See the Seuit. Lxecntive Servie aod Senior Leyel Rohey Cinide (0zoop) 4.2.5. Exceptional Performance Award The EPA recognizes those exemplary FBI employees who haye sustained a high level of performance. Annually,HRD will release an EC notifying each FBlQ division or IO head of the number ofEPAs allocated for his or her respective FBihQ division or FO. EPAs will be distributed at the discretion of FBiHQ division or FO management, not to exceed the authorized number of allocated EPAs. Every supervisor must ensure that an FBI employee nominated for an EPA received. "Outstanding" (on a PAR) or "Exemplary Performer" (on a Performance Wrap-Up) on his or her. last performance rating of'record.. The EPA includes a monetary amount for GS, Wage Grade (WG). Wage Leader (WL), and Wage Supervisor (Ws) employees based on their grade levels at the tine of submission in the EPAS awards module. The Medal of Excellence accompanies the monetary award. EPA nominations must be submitted in the EPAS awards module by the FBiHQ division or FO award POC. Only one EPA may be awarded to an FBI employee per FY. The following table includes a breakdown of the dollar amounts given to EPA recipients by. grade and pay scale. These amounts are subject to change.. 13 UNCLASSIFIED