DODI1400.25V771_DAFI36-706
14 NOVEMBER 2018
Incorprating Change 1, 29 August 2022
Certified Current 29 August 2022
Personnel
DOD CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
ADMINISTRATIVE GRIEVANCE SYSTEM
OPR: AF/A1C
Supersedes: AFI36-1203, 22 May 2014
Certified by: SAF/MR
Pages: 19
This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-1, Appropriated Funds Civilian
Management and Administration and supplements Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI)
1400.25, Volume 771, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Administrative Grievance
System.” The DoDI is printed word-for-word in regular font without editorial review. Department
of the Air Force (DAF) supplementary content follows “(Added)(DAF).” It contains guidance and
procedures for considering non-bargaining civilian employee grievances. It reflects the policies of
the Secretary of the Air Force concerning matters that are discretionary within DAF. It applies to
United States citizen civilian employees of the DAF who are paid from appropriated
funds and who are either non-bargaining unit employees, or bargaining unit employees in a unit
where no collective bargaining agreement has been negotiated, or where the negotiated procedure
excludes the matters at issue. It also applies to supervisors, civilian personnel officers, career Senior
Executive Service (SES), Senior Level, Scientific or Professional, and other management officials of
both United States Air Force and the United States Space Force. This instruction applies to
appropriated fund civilian employees, administered under Title 5 United States Code (USC),
including Air Force Reserve personnel, United States citizens assigned to foreign overseas areas,
