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Under the regulations concerning the administration of the aggregate limitation on pay at 5 CFR 530.203, agencies must first defer payment of discretionary payments before deferring payment of nondiscretionary payments. Are retention incentive payments considered non-discretionary or discretionary payments?

Once an agency authorizes a retention incentive, payment of the incentive is considered a non-discretionary payment.

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