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Show April 6, 1995 Hilltop Times 's Gall O's a A's Editor's note: Instead of carrying ACTION LINES this week, what follows is the second in a series of questions that were brought up at Maj. Gen, Pat Condon's Commander's Call March 14. For brevity and ease of readership, they are put in the same format as the ACTION LINE column and some are combined because the question andor answer Closure of j i' : : MW , - Wright-Patterso- n AFB, Ohio, considered to close? Moving administrative functions is cheaper than maintenance functions. QWhy : r Customer service as relates to the compressed work schedule should ask, "How much time elapses between the request for service and delivery of service?" Q re-J- What, Currently we are reviewing all control numbers with a value of S5.000 or greater. This review will look at labor and material for each control number. The purpose is to apply lessons learned from competition to all other workloads. As we accomplish this review, the labor standard will improve. Maj. Gen. Pat Condon Range, will Hill to Dugway from move activities some Field Michael Ground at Dugway? or Proving sues related to the prohibition of smoking in facilities where the elimination of secondhand smoke cannot be accomplished. Currently, the committee is evaluating the issue of outdoor smoking shelters. Until this issue is agreed upon and a local tobacco reduction policy is in place, current smoking arrangements for bargaining unit employees will continue. The base realignment and closure process is still ongoing and the specific details of the Air Combat Command taking over operational management and control of the UTTR have yet to be determined. responsibility Training to know my ob, my responsibility in QWith Test and Training Hill What about 1 QWill for all real property on the Utah Test and Training Range? What will become of the 75th Range Support Squadron when the UTTR comes under management of Air Combat Command? First, the 75th RANS represents the host in a host-tenarelationship with the 545th Test Group. ACC is only taking over the 545th operational management and control of UTTR and will be the tenant. The 75th RANS will stay as a subordinate unit to the 75th Air Base Wing's Support Group and will continue to provide all base operating support to the UTTR's tenants and other customers. Ogden ALC will retain management accountability and responsibility for all Air Force real property, facilities and land areas. Ay nt 5-- 49 schedule is very popular with the workforce. Alternate schedules will remain in existence as long as an organization provides full support to its customers on every work day. five days per week. Is Qlf 5-4- 9? the compressed work schedule come to to an end? going Is Q yi of UTTR Ownership Ogden Air Logistics Center retain planned? any, improvements yiA down Fridays. management Rangea change management of the I Labor standard program labor standard program Center. QAnif at Ogden Air Logistics are Determining elapsed time between the r quest for service and delivery of the service would be valuable; however, this determination cannot be made if the customer isn't able to contact the organization to request the service in the first place. That was the problem with the Survey results indicated some base customers had trouble making initial contact on down Fridays, which extended the delay through the weekend and ended up impacting both the request and delivery of the products or services. is All Air Force bases were considered in the analysis that lead to the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure recommendations. The decision on which bases to recommend for closure or realignment was based on many criteria, one of which is economics. were the same. Customer service it base-wid- e Wright-Pa- tt am I going to be effective when I'm on a different job every year due to reduction-in-forc- e job changes?. What Is the: management's responsibility for getting us with-us competitive training we need to keep in a job series that we are placed in by a y Q M pay and Pay J '9 Time sheets reduction in force? d downsizing do move a considera- Jrl. ble number of employees to different jobs. The key factor in your question is the skills base. In a downsizing mode, we have fewer peo- pie to do the work, so it is essential that we broaden the knowledge and skills of the employees we do have to accomplish the work. Usually, the first four to six months on a new training. The super- job is spent in The 502. When will daily use of time sheets be discontinued? The Air Force Form 1278. Time and At-- f tendance Form, were used the last time for period six. ending March 18. The new time attendance forms for the Defense Civilian System are Ogden ALC Forms 500. 501 and Use of the new forms began March 19. New pay system the Defense Civilian Pay System QDid on board March 19? When will visor has the responsibility to ensure that the employee letters concerning this new payroll procedures, policies and techniques to provide j system reach the employees? There seems to be major problems with the product "or service are acquired by the new interface and implementation of the employee. identified can and i new be Formal training provided payroll system. Has there been any sucin is cess learned. basic after the job by management getting the implementation date ;The best way to stay competitive in a job series J slipped to next year? activities is to participate in and to perform exceptionally well where you I Thank you for your interest in our new Hi is available been but it have pay system. DCPS was implemented at placed. Training is Hill March 19. We were not successful in slipwork on for to with the the employee necessary is where the the areas to implementation date to next year. Emping training identify supervisor needed. All policies and procedures that govern J ployee letters explaining the payroll system were mailed March 21 and 22. Our implementation training are found in Air Force Instruction i team is working toward making the transition to DCPS as smooth as possible. They request everyone's cooperation in making this change and helping them find discrepancies. on-the-j- Q nt policy Smoking was under the impression that Ql smok- ing in government buildings was banned years ago. If this is true, why do we still have smoking areas in some buildings such as Bldgs. 1213 and 1223? You are correct, the Department of Defense has banned smoking of tobacco products in all DOD workplaces. The Air Force is in concert with this policy and has established an Air Force Tobacco Reduction Plan to reduce tobacco use in the Air Force. This guidance was then used to establish an Air Force Materiel Command Tobacco Reduction Policy which prohibits smoking throughout AFMC facilities except in designated smoking areas, such as certain Morale. Welfare and Recreation Service facilities. Hill formed a Tobacco Reduction Policy Working Group to implement the AFMC policy. A local tobacco reduction policy has been developed. However, prior to implementing this policy, bargaining obligations with American Federation of Government Employees Local 1592 must be satisfied. A tobacco reduction committee, comprised of union and management representatives, has been formed to resolve is- A -- A. v 38-40- 1. Trunked radio system Where is the funding for a trunked radio system? Why are we first on the list at Q headquarters for funding and they can give the money to someone else? yi Headquarters Air Force Materiel Com-- A mand asked us to submit our top three appropriated 3080 Communications and Automated Data Processing Equipment requirements. The Land Mobile Radio Trunking System has been recognized as Priority 1 for the command. However, the funding received was inadequate for Priorities 1 and 2. and the Priority 3 requirement was funded. We are still number one, but there is no indication as to when funding will be available for these requirements. coverage Coast-to-coa- st QWhat is the standard of full customer to East Coast customers in the morning and West Coast customers in the ternoon? Can it be done? af- Organizations on base are attempting to provide full customer coverage to East and West Coast customers by staggering employee starting and quitting times. Employees are working from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Under this schedule, coverage is more extensive than it would have been under a straight five-da- A y, eight-hou- r schedule. J |