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Show f7 HILL TOP TIMES Friday, August 24, 194 Back to school By Ron Baertsch Ogden ALC Safety Office In "one week we will once again be celebrating Labor Day, the day set aside to honor the workers of our nation. we As approach this long weekend, we are also painfully reminded of the fact that it is historically one of the worst for traffic and recreation accidents. Toward the end of next week, we will probably read or hear the predic- tions of how many people will die over this last long weekend. The big question at Hill AFB is will you or your loved ones be one of these statistics? No civilian employee or military member of Hill AFB or any of their families need be a statistic if a little advance planning is done now. Here are some of the ways: If planning alast fling" camp-oor short trip, check your vehicle over. If you spot a tire getting a little bald from the heat of summer travels, have it replaced. If the wiper blades leave big streaks, replace them now before you get caught in an autumn shower. Check all the lights. Then check the seat belts to ensure they are serviceable and available to all the passengers. For those under age five. Management recently issued a Federal Personnel Manual Bulletin designed to implement the Reagan Administration's new battle against the 'bulge" of upper level government employees through improved position management. OPM's FPM Bulletin 312-- 8 establishes a plan designed to save taxpayers $1,7 billion in the program's four years of operation by trimming the portion of the federal workforce in the GSGM-11-1- 5 range by two percent per year. "We're tackling the problem of overgrading and poor position management in government positions re-openi- ng . s, over-exuberanc- ut redly ees AdinmiimDsfiircaflDOin) The U.S. Office of Personnel have you provided approved child restraints for each one? of Prepare for the e school-agchilschool. Talk to your dren about cross-walktraffic and Then remind ourselves as drivers, go slow through school zones! This habit was easily forgotten during the summer. Now is the time to think about approaching those school zones. Obey the limits and watch for children! Remember "The 101 critical are not over until we arrive days" back to our work stations safely on Sept. 4. where it is most expensive and most pronounced, said OPM Director Donald J. Devine. "The proportion of 5 band the workforce in the has almost doubled in the past 25 years." Federal employees at these levels earn between $25,489 and $65,642 a year. "With 39 percent of our federal workforce in the GSGM 5 range, the government-todahas 50 percent more of its workers employed at high levels than the private sector. The average large company employs only about 26 percent at that level. While some of this can be accounted for by the federal government's unique job mix, structural fac Drive safely, the problem. for achieving improved position management and reminds agency officials of the position classification and ; Mr. Devine said that no employee will have to face involuntary separation in order to meet the goal. "Since normal attrition rates for the 1 1 to 15 band are between five and eight percent, the two percent goal can be easily achieved by just not replacing some of those who retire or leave for new jobs elsewhere," he noted. "We'll be looking at six factors in judging agency performance on position management and giving agencies an individual progress report twice a 11-1- y ; The FPM Bulletin outlines a plan set in motion by President Reagan in his 1984 budget message, published in January 1983. 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