West Virginia Military Authority
(WVMA)
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Human Resource Position Compensation
NASMRM Break-out B
Human Resource Position Compensation
WVMA
• West Virginia Code §15-1J-1 “The West Virginia Military Authority
Act.”
• Preamble: “The Legislature finds that the West Virginia National
Guard is a unique entity that has a duel mission for both West
Virginia and the United States.”
• “In this duel capacity, the West Virginia National Guard receives
funds to administer programs, including the hiring of employees,
which the federal government, including DOD, provides to the guard
in support of specific activities for various federal agencies for
national security and homeland security purposes.”
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Human Resource Position Compensation
WVMA
• WVMA was a legislative act which allowed the WV
National Guard to create a new type of public employee
– “Military Authority Employee”.
• “Military Authority Employee”
– Employees which are federally-reimbursed, either in part or
whole, who work in and manage various National Guard and
Homeland Security Programs, such as BASOPs, SRM,
Challenge, Environmental, Physical Security, etc.
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WVMA
• Allowed the Adjutant General’s State Military
Dept to overcome limitations placed on them at
the State level for hiring new “State” employees
to operate and maintain new programs.
• Allowed the hiring of new employees without
increasing the size of “State” government.
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WVMA
• State Agency Hurdles:
– Do all WVNG Programs (such as Starbase, Challenge, etc) fall under
this new Statue?
• Yes. Under the new State Code, the WVMA was established to
administer national security, homeland security and “other militaryrelated programs.”
– Payroll, Retirement and all applicable Benefits Carryover
• At first, the WVMA was to be treated as a quasi-governmental
agency, such as commission or board and would not be apart of the
State accounting and payroll systems.
• But after review, it was determined that the WVMA was not a quasigovernmental agency and could continue using that State systems.
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Human Resource Position Compensation
WVMA
• State Agency Hurdles:
– Develop Agency Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual
– Develop New Agency Positions and Job Descriptions
• Permitted development of new job classifications that were closer
in-line to each program’s position descriptions funded through NGB.
• Permitted the TAG Personnel Director, whose mission it was to
work with each Program Director who manages federally
reimbursed employees, to create these new job classifications.
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Human Resource Position Compensation
WVMA
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