breakaway2000
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TOL's to some 5 point Veterans went out after the freeze. HR stated business as usual until told otherwise.
Federal Hiring Freeze 2017
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New Memos as of yesterday.
I believe we as ATCS selects for lack of better terms fall under 3.r.ii of the OMB/OPM Memo M-17-18 regarding additional guidance on the current hiring freeze as well as 3.c. from the referenced OMB Memo Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations (OMB Issuance 11/7/1981). Links below for reference. First link is the memo, second is the reference from the memo.
https://www.chcoc.gov/content/federal-civilian-hiring-freeze-guidance
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/attachment_a-4.pdf
3.r.ii states -
ii. Meet public safety responsibilities (including essential activities to the extent that they protect life and property). Agencies may refer to longstanding guidance, which provides examples of such activities in OMB Memorandum, Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations, dated 11/17/1981 [see examples 3(a) to 3(k)].
3.c states -
c. The continuance of air traffic control and other transportation safety functions and the protection of transport property;
I believe we as ATCS selects for lack of better terms fall under 3.r.ii of the OMB/OPM Memo M-17-18 regarding additional guidance on the current hiring freeze as well as 3.c. from the referenced OMB Memo Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations (OMB Issuance 11/7/1981). Links below for reference. First link is the memo, second is the reference from the memo.
https://www.chcoc.gov/content/federal-civilian-hiring-freeze-guidance
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/attachment_a-4.pdf
3.r.ii states -
ii. Meet public safety responsibilities (including essential activities to the extent that they protect life and property). Agencies may refer to longstanding guidance, which provides examples of such activities in OMB Memorandum, Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations, dated 11/17/1981 [see examples 3(a) to 3(k)].
3.c states -
c. The continuance of air traffic control and other transportation safety functions and the protection of transport property;
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This is reassuring.
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It does that to me constantly.
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NATCA's statement they released an hour or so ago...
Brothers and Sisters,
Late yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provided further guidance to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding the federal civilian hiring freeze. It says they should use the same criteria for exempting positions from the hiring freeze as they use when exempting positions from furloughs during an interruption in appropriations, frequently referred to as an emergency shutdown furlough.
Over the past few years, NATCA has worked with the FAA to refine its list of excepted positions in accordance with a 1981 OMB memo called “Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations.” That memo is referenced in yesterday’s joint OMB/OPM memo (please see attached) and is used to determine which positions should not be furloughed because they are essential activities to the extent they protect life and property in accordance with the Antideficency Act.
Yesterday’s joint memorandum lays out the process by which agencies may except positions from the hiring freeze. We believe the FAA has prepared, and will be submitting, its list of exempt positions soon.
As we advised in our last update, OMB clarified that internal reallocation of employees to meet the agency’s highest priority needs are not affected by the hiring freeze. To that end, FAA Human Resources has advised NATCA that employee transfers, (e.g. ERRs, NEST placements, and hardships) are not affected by the hiring freeze.
We will keep you updated as this situation progresses.
In Solidarity,
Paul Rinaldi
President
Trish Gilbert
Executive Vice President
Brothers and Sisters,
Late yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provided further guidance to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding the federal civilian hiring freeze. It says they should use the same criteria for exempting positions from the hiring freeze as they use when exempting positions from furloughs during an interruption in appropriations, frequently referred to as an emergency shutdown furlough.
Over the past few years, NATCA has worked with the FAA to refine its list of excepted positions in accordance with a 1981 OMB memo called “Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations.” That memo is referenced in yesterday’s joint OMB/OPM memo (please see attached) and is used to determine which positions should not be furloughed because they are essential activities to the extent they protect life and property in accordance with the Antideficency Act.
Yesterday’s joint memorandum lays out the process by which agencies may except positions from the hiring freeze. We believe the FAA has prepared, and will be submitting, its list of exempt positions soon.
As we advised in our last update, OMB clarified that internal reallocation of employees to meet the agency’s highest priority needs are not affected by the hiring freeze. To that end, FAA Human Resources has advised NATCA that employee transfers, (e.g. ERRs, NEST placements, and hardships) are not affected by the hiring freeze.
We will keep you updated as this situation progresses.
In Solidarity,
Paul Rinaldi
President
Trish Gilbert
Executive Vice President
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