Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1402.03, Volume 2
April 30, 2014
Incorporating Change 2, April 20, 2017
DA&M DCMO
SUBJECT: Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior Level (SL) and Scientific and Professional
(ST) Personnel Categories in the DoD Fourth Estate: Executive Resources
Management
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
a. Instruction. This instruction reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 1402.3 (Reference (a)) as an
instruction in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5105.53 DoDI 5105.82 and Deputy
Secretary of Defense Memorandum (References (b) and (c)). It is composed of multiple
volumes, each containing its own purpose. The purpose of the overall instruction is to establish
policy, assign responsibilities, delegate authorities, and provide DoD Fourth Estate entities with
supplemental guidance to the policy, laws, and regulations relevant to the administration of the
SES, SL, and ST categories, in accordance with DoDD 1403.1 (Reference (cd)), and pursuant to
Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (de)) and Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations
(Reference (ef)).
b. Volume. This volume:
(1) Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for SES
executive resources management.
(2) Establishes the DoD Fourth Estate Executive Resources Board (ERB) pursuant to
section 3393(b) of Reference (de) and section 317.501 of Reference (ef) to provide oversight of
SES executive resources programs.
(3) Incorporates and cancels chapter 1 of DoD 1402.3-H (Reference (fg)) and Director of
Administration and Management (DA&M) Memorandum (Reference (gh)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This volume:
