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Show H.lltop Times NEWS Feb. 8,1991, R3CSees Continued from Pogt 1 12. The last three cellent 16 and a iced employees' personnel records to determine their performance ratings are totaled and divided by qualification entitlements, said Tom Dunroe, chief three to determine the actual years subtracted from of the affirmative employment unit. Each employee the leave service computation date, Mr. Dunroe said. on the base could be impacted by the RIF, as em- This gives the employee an earlier service computation date for RIF purposes. ployees exercise their bump and retreat rights. Each letter concludes with either a position offer By Jan. 3, local management officials submitted their cancellations of Depot Maintenance Industri- with an effective date of April 21 or a separation ally Funded positions to the Human Resources date of April 19. "Employees receiving a position Directorate. On Jan. 7, the RIF staff, assigned to offer must accept or decline the offer within five work days after receiving their letter. Failure to acthe affirmative employment unit, began a three-shioperation to accomplish the RIF process. cept or decline the offer within the specified time Each cancellation was considered and the affect- period will be treated as a declination," Ms. Corliss ed employee's records were reviewed once again to said. determine his or her RIF entitlement. "We had to look at their displacement, bump and Sessions e baretreat rights. This was done on a Information sessions will be held next week for sis," Mr. Dunroe said. "Their final RIF entitlement those employees who have received separation or notice period change to lower grade notices. . was then computed. During the we will again review employees' RIF entitlements Officials from the Department of Defense Priority as we fill vacant positions. This will reduce the numPlacement Program will conduct three sessions ber of employees to be separated." Monday for all affected employees. They will be held in the Hill AFB Theater at 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and Notices 1 p.m. Employees will be informed of their entitleThose receiving separation and ments, such as priority placement consideration. Atnotice period, before tendance at these sessions on Monday is mandatory letters will have a the final action is taken. The letters contain infor- for all employees being separated. mation from the employee's official records that was Starting Tuesday, employees with scheduled apused in determining their placement rights, such as pointments will be registered in the Department of the employee's title, series, grade, salary, competi- Defense Priority Placement Program. All employees letters tive level, tenure group and last three performance receiving separation or in are eligible to register this program. Employees appraisals. An employee accumulates additional time toward who receive separation letters are also eligible to RIF service computation for previous job perfor- register in the Office of Personnel Management Dismance. A superior rating receives 20 years, an ex placed Employee Program. The RIF process began with a review of all six-da- serv- fully-successf- y, ft case-by-cas- 60-da- y change-to-lower-gra- 60-da- de y change-to-lower-grad- QJ This registration will be done simultaneously with ul e priority placement program registration. Both programs are designed to give priority referral for positions at Hill AFB and other federal agencies. Eligible employees will be registered in the appropriate programs during the period of Feb. 12-1- Counseling Beginning Wednesday, the RIF staff will conduct RIF counseling with each employee who received a RIF notice. RIF counseling will start at 6 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. each work day. It is imperaappointtive that employees have a RIF andor ment for PPP registration counseling. For appointments, call the affirmative employment unit at Ext. 75982 or 75983. Two more meetings will be held Feb. 20 at 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to assist employees identified for separation. Representatives from the Clearfield Office of the Utah State Department of Employment Security and the Utah State Office of Job Training through its Department of Community and Economic Development will conduct meetings in the base theater. They will talk about unemployment jobs and compensation, application for said. Corliss Ms. job training, Finally, Ogden ALC will maintain a reemployment priority list for two years for separated career employees, or one year for separated employees. Selection from the list is mandatory for all positions filled from outside Hill resources when the registered employee is qualified. "We, in Human Resouces, assure all employees that we will meet with you as soon as it can be arranged," Ms. Corliss said. pre-schedul- ed non-feder- career-condition- al al RIF-impact- ed o D Continued from Page I changes impact them," the general said. "We will continue to update everyone as information comes in." The latest announcement comes less than a month after the Air Force unveiled plans to integrate the Air Force Systems Command and Air Force Logistics Command, and form the Air Force Materiel Command, effective in July 5. 1992. The Materiel Command will be the single Air Force manager for fielding and maintaining the service's weapons systems. It will also give the operational commands a single point of con- tact for research, development, acquisition, modification and maintenance. Reserve numbered air forces and 15 of the 19 air divisions will also be eliminated. The Reserve numbered air force responsibilities will be taken on by the Air Force Reserve headquarters. The cuts in air divisions will be made to further streamline operational command lines and reduce overhead staff functions by eliminating one layer from the organization. More than 8,600 positions will be removed from the Air Force's Pentagon and field management organizations. Of that 82,600 people, Air Force headquarters will lose 700 positions. Over the next five years, this 22 per cent reduction in adjusted headquarters strength will result in a new headquarters strength of less than 2,500 people, nearly 7 percent below the 2,639 positions allowed by law. In September, the Air Force announced cuts of 4,500 in the management structures of major commands. This latest strearnlining action cut another 900 positions. By the major commands reducing within their headquarters, numbered air forces and associated units, more than 3,400 military and 1,100 civilian positions would be saved between now and fiscal 1993. Streamlining actions at separate operating agencies and direct reporting units will save more than 2,400 positions. SO As and DRUs, including the Air Force Military Personnel Center, the Inspection and Safety Center, legal services and others will be reclassified as field operating agencies. They will still provide their services, but will not retain their policy and program roles that belong to the headquarters. "A leaner service is in the offing, a profile mirrored in the aerospace industry," Secretary Rice said. "Smaller does not have to mean less capable. If done right, we can be more capable. We must reshape realistical Mail weight limit increases to and from Middle East on SAUDI ARABIA (AFNS)-T- he weight limit personal mail out of the Operation Desert Storm theater has been increased to 16 ounces, postal official announced Jan. 26. :psc- - The ly and plan for change." Additional strength cuts will be accomplished through: General officer reductions. The Pentagon will reduce the number of general flag officers over the next five fiscal years, with the Air Force making a 17.5 percent cut, or 59 positions in its authorizations. At Air Force headquarters alone, 12 general officer positions will be cut. Officer to enlisted ratios. Since 1950, the officer to enlisted ratio has declined from and is projected to be by fiscal 1995. In order to reverse this trend, the Air Force has taken steps to reduce officer end strength through 1992 by 8,150 and almost 5,500 officers in fiscal 1993. These initial actions will put the The Air Force will ratio at also attempt to stop the decline of the ratio by concentrating reductions in officer positions at headquarters, agencies outside the Air Force and career areas that may be converted to enlisted positions. D Individual Mobilization Augmen-te- e reductions: The Air Force will cut 2,200 IMA positions effective in fiscal 1992 because of changing wartime requirements due to military commitments, strategy and budget cuts. The Air Force estimates it will gain a long- - 11 --ounce limit imposed when hostilities first started was determined to be lower than necessary, said Maj. Michael Whitaker, U.S. Central Command postmaster. He said the weight restriction was enacted by the Federal Aviation Administration in response to concerns about terrorism. term savings of $75 million over the next six years. Civilian end strength reduction. end of fiscal 1992, Air Force the By civilian end strength is expected to drop below 221,000. This is down almost 40,000 from the beginning of fiscal 1990 when civilian strength was 260,575. During that year, civilian strength declined due to Air Force and Department of Defense hiring limitations, program changes, workload and organizational changes. Fiscal 1990 ended with 248,875 civilians. Civil engineering services. The Air Force will save more than $900 million and 6,000 predominantly military positions by reducing management layers, reorienting base civil engineering squadrons toward product and task accomplishment and concentrating uniformed members in commands with wartime requirements. "Tomorrow's Air Force will remain balanced and combat ready," Secretary Rice said. "The focus will continue to be on the integrated employment of airpower and necessity driven home by Operation Desert Storm. "I want to emphasize that the over- head reductions announced today will not hamper our ability to get the job done in the gulf." The FAA reviewed the policy. Major Whitaker said, and realized an additional five ounces could be added to the limit. The change, effective immediately, permits servicemembers to send audio and video cassettes as well as other small packages through the mail. 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