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(U) Letters to the Editor : SID Overtime/Comp Time/Credit Hour Rules
and Guidance
FROM: SIGINT Communications
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Run Date: 04/13/2004
FROM: SIGINT Communications
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(U//FOUO) We received the following letters in response to the recent article SID
Overtime/Comp Time/Credit Hour Rules and Guidance :
From:
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(U) Timely and useful. Good to see the problem addressed.
(U) I see many NSAers trying to do a good job, but there is just not enough time in the
workday. Often, their only choice is to work past the normal workday. The alternative is to not
do the work. Good time management can only do so much.
(U) Guidance about comp and overtime is helpful, but management must address work loads
and in some cases not assign more than can be done in the time avaliable. We are often left
with doing ten things poorly instead of doing six things well.
From:
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(U) Well done and long overdue! I was glad to see Agency leadership support from the top. Now
it needs to filter down. I know of too many offices where they work overtime/comp to justify the
need for additional people and then can't use the hours and don't get the people. This should
not be the answer to justifying a need for additional bodies.
(U) We need to develop separate mechanisms to justify manpower needs without further
stressing us in this area. It is hard when the managers force this on people, as I found is the
case in so many areas. And the sad thing is that employees think that it will get them a
promo/award, and it doesn't. And often it just shows you can't get your work done within
prescribed time limits.
(U) Perhaps we need more classes in time management and fewer unproductive meetings to
provide people with the skills and opportunity to do their jobs.
From:
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(U) Kudos to
nd SID for putting together a communication that conveyed caring and
concern for the SID workforce, sound advice to SID's management, as well as accuracy in
presenting "policy correct" guidance that everyone can follow. Well done!
, MD3
Pay Policy & Entitlements,
AWS Program Manager
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