Before paying an extended assignment incentive under this subpart, an agency must establish an extended assignment incentive plan. This plan must include the following elements:
    
    
        
        (a) 
         The designation of authorized agency officials who must review and approve the payment of extended assignment incentives;
     
    
        
        (b) 
         The categories of employees which are prohibited from receiving an extended assignment incentive;
     
    
        
        (c) 
         The criteria that must be met or considered in authorizing extended assignment incentives, including criteria for determining the size of an incentive;
     
    
        
        (d) 
         The requirements governing service agreements, including the obligations of the agency and the employee when the service period is not completed;
     
    
        
        (e) 
         The procedures for paying extended assignment incentives; and
     
    
        
        (f) 
         Documentation and recordkeeping requirements sufficient to allow reconstruction of the action.