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Show Hilltog » Offl FOCUS r^TIMES wh0 deploy Combined Federal Campaign 2005 Weekly Since 1948. Heritage Leqal ri Urgency Tenacity Attitude Attention to detail Help your wingman | protects Ajrmen $630,780 ollectedasofOct. 28 2 Hill team discusses new personnel system Powwow highlight of November event Page 6 Page 9 Show 'em I how it's done! I Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltop.times@hill.af.mil Vol. 65 No. 44, November 3, 2005 Leaders count on your opinions We're ready! •J Welcome AMFC and ACCIGl BY 1ST LT. LEA ANN CHAMBERS AFMC Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFMCNS) — Air Force Materiel Command leaders are relying on all Airmen in the command to take the Air Force climate survey. They hope for comprehensive feedback that will lead to improvements throughout the command. Survey respondents are asked to assess factors that affect work environments and to give feedback anonymously to their leaders about the health of their organizations. The survey is available to AFMC s more than 82,000 military, civilian. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members. According to the climate survey Web site, research indicates that feedback from all levels of rank and pay grade is required to effectively create positive change. "Our Secretary and Chief of Staff are listening, I am listening, and your center and wing commanders and. directors are" listening," said Gen. Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander. "Use the survey to tell us what we are doing right, but more importantly, how we can get better, especially in areas with the greatest impact - mission accomplishment, retention, recognition, job satisfaction, quality of life and more." "Your inputs are integral in our change management strategy," said Mrs. Barbara Westgate, AFMC executive director. "In return for your honest and direct feedback we get the information we need to turn your inputs into actionable results." Results in AFMC were evident after the 2003 climate survey. Comments from that survey resulted in improvements for the command, including the Mission-Driven Mentoring program, Air Force civilian fitness program, targeted leadership training initiatives and Junior Force Councils established command-wide to address the concerns of the command's newest members. "I'll personally ensure we turn your inputs into actionable results to improve and sustain effective performance," General Carlson said. The survey, which takes about 30 minutes to complete, can be found at https://afclimatesurvey. af.mil, or can be accessed from the AFMC secure homepage. Because of overwhelming response to the survey, servers occasionally experience some congestion and return an error. Users should be patient and persistent. BY MAJ. GEN. KEVIN SULLIVAN Ogden Air Logistics Center Commanderi On behalf of Team Hill, j I'd like to extend a warm • welcome to the Air Force ] Materiel Command and! Air Combat Command In- j spector General teams. j Everyone who will be j participating in the upcom- i ing inspection has been \ training very hard and j all are looking forward to I demonstrating their readi- \ ness capabilities. Count-1 less hours of practice and ; preparation have led to • . this day, and I'm confident! that the highly skilled pro-(j fessionals of Team Hill ar^j readv • -V "•• 'ftf-.vJ Photo by Airman 1st Class Stefanle Torres It is a privilege to host 1st Lt. Scott Ryder (left), from the 388th Fighter Wing, Maj. Therese Bohusch (center), from the 75th Medical Operations Squadron, and Capt. your teams, and I hope Eric Sparks, from the 388th Operations Support Squadron, lift Lt. Col. David Hlatky onto the truck after he suffered a simulated heart attack you'll make yourselves at! at the Wing Operations Center. Members of the Survival Recovery Center and the WOC demonstrated self-aid and buddy care during the last home here and enjoy Hill's operational readiness exercise. Hill Airmen from the Ogden Air Logistics Center and the 388th Fighter Wing will put Into action what they first-rate facilities, servichave been preparing for during their quarterly Operational Readiness exercises- Inspectors from the Air Force Materiel Command and the Air es and people. -y&xY Combat Command began arriving earlier this week to evaluate Hill's readiness. DOD sends Congress regulation on new personnel system M GARAMONE American Forces Press Service and BYGAVOLB Ogden ALC Public Affairs Ending a nearly two-year process, the Defense Department recently sent Congress the final National Security Personnel System regulation. Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England said Oct. 26 that Congress has 30 days to review the final regulation. The regulation will take effect Nov. 28. Changes to the regulation will ultimately affect 650,000 of the 750,000 Defense Department civilian employees. Once adopted, the labor-relations portion of the system will take effect immediately. "The NSPS labor relations system is designed to recognize the Department's national security mission and its need to act expeditiously in executing its mission, while preserving the collective bargaining rights of its employees," said Hill's lead NSPS program manager Barbara Hanlin. "This will affect all civilian employees (Wage Grade and General Schedule). "The human resources portion - the new pay bands, the pay-for-performance system, etc. -- is scheduled to progressively begin in Febru- ary," Mr. England said. "NSPS will improve the way DOD hires, assigns, compensates and rewards it's employees while preserving the core merit principles, veterans, preference, and important employee protections and benefits of the current system," Ms. Hanlin said. "The human resources and performance management system will affect all GS employees only at this time." Some 60,000 employees are in the first group to come under the new program, officials said. But human resources officials will be very deliberate in how the program goes, Mr. England said. Tinker and Eglin are scheduled to deploy in Spiral 1.1 in early 2006. Hill will deploy in Spiral 1.2 in the spring of 2006. The deputy secretary said that if problems arise, the Defense Department will halt the program and adjust it. "We want the system to work right for everyone," he said. Setting up the system is complicated, said Mary Lacey1, program executive officer for the system. Training is a large part of the system, and the Defense Department Photo by Shad West Hill Postal Service Center workers sort the day's incoming mail Overseas mailing deadlines approach BY SHAD WEST ___ Hilltop Times staff With the holiday season right around the corner, Santa's helpers at the United States Postal Service and the Hill AFB Postal Service Center offer some tips to ensure that Christmas cards, care packages and mail arrive on-time and intact to service members in overseas locations. Besides deadlines, there are many regulations and guidelines on what can or cannot be sent to troops in the contingency theater. Each country has customs regulations that See Personnel system, 8 44° F 30° F Few showers Sunday 50° F 33° F Few showers apply to all mail coming into that country. These may include prohibitions on certain kinds of food or entertainment products. Restrictions Although there are specific restrictions for each five-digit Military Post Office ZIP Code (APO/FPO), generally, the following are prohibited in the region of Operation Iraqi Freedom; • Obscene articles (prints, paintings, cards, films, videotapes, etc). See Overseas mailing, 4 At the movies No Movies Will Be Shown This Week-end |