The following list contains ADS mandatory references and ADS additional help documents.
Note: ADS chapters may contain other mandatory references and additional help references that are not “ADS documents”. For those documents, please reference the individual chapter.
- ADS 401maa, Appendix A, Merit Systems Principles and Appendix B, Prohibited Personnel Practices
- ADS 401saa, List of Acronyms
- ADS 402saa, Leadership Ideas for FSNs in Everyday Scenarios
- ADS 410maa, USAID Drug-Free Workplace Plan
- ADS 412maa, Reemployment of Civilian Retirees Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
- ADS 413maa, Implementation Guidelines for New Job Share Program
- ADS 413mac, USAID Distinguished Fellows Programs
- ADS 414mab, Waiver Process for Medical Clearance Requirements for Initial Appointments, Tenure Review and Overseas Assignments in the Foreign Service
- ADS 414mac, Precepts for USAID’s Foreign Service Tenure Board
- ADS 414mad, Tenure Policy and Process for Foreign Service Career Candidates
- ADS 414mae, List of Employment Forms
- ADS 414mak, Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System
- ADS 414mal, Action Memo Template to Establish an FSL Position
- ADS 414mam, Action Memo Template to Appoint an FSL
- ADS 414man, Action Memo Template to Extend an FSL Appointment
- ADS 414mao, Waiver of the Mandatory Retirement Age
- ADS 414map, Minimum Years of Experience and Degree Required for FSLs
- ADS 415maa, Minimum Years of Experience and Degree Required for FS Entry
- ADS 418mac, Upward Mobility Positions
- ADS 418mad, Career Ladder Promotions – Checklist for Managers
- ADS 432maa, Letter of Agreement between the U.S. Agency for International Development and Lending/Borrowing Organization
- ADS 432saa, MOU Template for Detail from a Federal Agency to USAID
- ADS 437maa, Principal Benefits Worksheet
- ADS 437mab, Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment Agreement
- ADS 437saa, IPAs - Frequently Asked Questions
- ADS 437sab, Assignment of USAID Employees to Non-Federal Organizations
- ADS 437sac, Assignment of Non-Federal Employees to USAID
- ADS 437sad, IPA Program Overview and Process
- ADS 437sae, Standards of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Provisions
- ADS 438maa, USAID Tenuring Languages
- ADS 438mab, USAID Incentive Languages
- ADS 450saa, Sample Letter - Terminating Employee's Limited Appointment on the Expiration (NTE) Date
- ADS 450sab, Sample Letter - Terminating Employee's Limited Appointment Prior to the Expiration (NTE) Date
- ADS 450sac, Information for Separated Employees Posted Overseas
- ADS 452maa, USAID Competitive Areas
- ADS 456maa, Policies and Procedures for Position Management
- ADS 456mab, Position Titles, Series, Backstops and Position Classification Standards
- ADS 458maa, Supplemental Training Guidance Course Listing
- ADS 459mad, Reference Manual for New Entry Foreign Service Officers
- ADS 459sab, Process for Arranging Official Travel and Hotels Guide
- ADS 459sac, Backstop Training Summary Sheets
- ADS 459sad, DLI Program Required and Recommended Training
- ADS 459saf, Getting to Post Checklist
- ADS 459sag, A helpful guide to your move from Office of Logistics Management Logistics Management Operations Transportation Division U.S. Department of State
- ADS 460mab, Pathways Programs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
- ADS 460saa, Sample Individual Development Plan
- ADS 460sab, Sample Internal Rotation Memorandum for Presidential Management Fellows
- ADS 460sac, Sample External Rotation Memoranda for Presidential Management Fellows
- ADS 460sad, Sample Memoranda for Recommendation of Promotion and Graduation
- ADS 460sae, PMF Supervisors’ Overview Guidance
- ADS 460saf, Template for USAID Internship Program Participant Agreement
- ADS 460sag, Template for USAID Recent Graduates Program Participant Agreement
- ADS 460sah, Template for USAID PMF Program Participant Agreement
- ADS 461maa, Employee Evaluation Program (EEP) Guidebook, Part 1, Senior Foreign Service
- ADS 461mab, Employee Performance & Development Guidebook for Supervisors
- ADS 461mac, Employee Performance & Development Guidebook for Employees
- ADS 461mad, Foreign Service and Senior Foreign Service Skills Framework
- ADS 462maa, Employee Evaluation Program Guidebook Part 2, Civil Service
- ADS 463mad, Precepts for Performance Pay for Senior Foreign Service Employees
- ADS 463mae, Precepts for Limited Career Extensions for Senior Foreign Service Employees
- ADS 463mai, Precepts for Foreign Service Promotion Boards
- ADS 463mak, Precepts for the Senior Foreign Service Consolidated Performance Board
- ADS 463mal, Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay
- ADS 463saa, Operating Unit Context Statement Sample
- ADS 464maa, Precepts for the Performance Standards Board (PSB)
- ADS 467maa, Implementation Guidelines for Authorizing Recruitment and Relocation Incentives
- ADS 467mab, Implementation Guidelines for Authorizing Retention Incentives
- ADS 467mad, Implementation Guidelines for Authorizing Payment of Travel and Transportation Expenses; Pre-Employment Interviews and New Appointees
- ADS 467mae, Information Technology (IT) Professional Skills Incentive Program Standard Operating Procedures Manual
- ADS 468saa, List of Foreign Service Backstops
- ADS 470maa, Request for Chargé Pay
- ADS 471maa, Superior Qualifications and Special Needs Pay-Setting Authority
- ADS 477maa, A Guide to Authorizing Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA)
- ADS 477mab, Reservist Differential Guidance
- ADS 477saa, Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA) Checklist
- ADS 480mab, Provisions for Crediting Prior Service for Determining Annual Leave Accrual Rate
- ADS 480mac, Disabled Veteran Leave
- ADS 481saa, Family and Medical Leave at a Glance
- ADS 487saa, Table of Offenses and Penalties
- ADS 491maa, Descriptions of Incentive Awards
- ADS 495maa, Foreign Service National Fellowship Program
- ADS 496saa, List of Recommended Travel/Medevac Insurance Providers