DAFGM2022-36-02
1 August 2022
MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION C
MAJCOMs/FLDCOMs/FOAs/DRUs
FROM: SAF/MR
1660 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330-1660
SUBJECT: Department of the Air Force Guidance Memorandum (DAFGM) Suitability/Fitness
Adjudication for Civilian Employees
By order of the Secretary of the Air Force, this Department of the Air Force Guidance
Memorandum (DAFGM) precedes a to-be published Manpower, Personnel and Services
publication. This DAFGM immediately implements guidance on suitability/fitness for civilian
employees as defined in Title 5, United States Code, Section 2105, Employee, from Air Force
Policy Directive 36-1, Appropriated Fund Civilian Management and Administration, and Air
Force Policy Directive 34-3, Nonappropriated Funds Personnel Management and
Administration. This DAFGM supplements guidance in the Department of Defense Instruction
(DoDI) 1400.25, Volume 731, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Suitability and
Fitness Adjudication for Civilian Employees and DoDI 1400.25, Volume 1403, DoD Civilian
Personnel Management System: Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Employment. Compliance with
this memorandum is mandatory in accordance with Executive Order 13764, Amending the Civil
Service Rules, Executive Order 13488, and Executive Order 13467 To Modernize the Executive
Branch-Wide Governance Structure and Processes for Security Clearance, Suitability and
Fitness for Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters. The provisions of this
Guidance Memorandum apply to the Department of the Air Force (DAF) civilian employees, to
include NAF employees, except for Air National Guard Technicians administered under Title 32
of the United States Code and non-U.S. citizen personnel employed at DAF installations outside
the United States. In collaboration with the Chief of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE), the Director of
the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Personnel (SF/S1),
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel
policy for Suitability/Fitness Adjudication for Civilian Employees. This DAF publication may be
supplemented at any level; all Major Command (MAJCOM)/Combatant Command
(CCMD)/Field Command (FLDCOM)-level supplements must be approved by the Human
Resource Management Strategic Board prior to certification and approval. To the extent its
directions are inconsistent with other DAF publications, the information herein prevails, in
accordance with Department of the Air Force Manual (DAFMAN) 90-161, Publishing Processes
and Procedures.
