Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 1403.1
October 18, 1982
Certified Current as of December 1, 2003
ASD(MRA&L)
SUBJECT: The Senior Executive Service and Equivalent-Level Positions and Personnel
References: (a) DoD Directive 1442.5, "Delegations of Authority with Respect to
Allotment of Spaces and Establishment of Positions for Top Level
Scientific, Professional, and Executive Personnel," October 15, 1979
(hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Directive 1400.19, "Staffing of Executive Level Positions," June
20, 1968 (hereby canceled)
(c) Secretary of Defense Multi-addressee Memorandum, "Senior Executive
Service," June 8, 1979 (hereby canceled)
(d) Title IV of Public Law 95-454, "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978"
(e) Sections 3104, 3133, 3393, 4314, and 5371 of title 5, United States Code
(f) DoD Directive 5120.46, "The Department of Defense Affirmative Action
Board," January 8, 1977
1. PURPOSE
This Directive replaces references (a), (b), and (c) and implements reference (d) to
prescribe policy and assign responsibilities for management of the Senior Executive
Service (SES) and equivalent-level positions and personnel.
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
2.1. This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) (which
includes OSD field activities, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S.
Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.S. Court of Military
Appeals, and the Defense Agencies except the National Security Agency/Central Security
Service and the Defense Intelligence Agency) and to the Military Departments.
(Hereafter, the OSD and the Military Departments are referred to collectively as "DoD
Components.")
