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• NATIONAL PRESIDENT RENEE JOHNSON QUOTED IN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE REVISIONS IN NDAA - December 12, 2016

• Annual Defense Bill Has Major Implications for Feds’ Leave, Pay

  By Charles S. Clark, Government Executive

  Among the myriad provisions packed in the major defense authorization bill that cleared Congress Thursday are new curbs on agency administrative leave to prevent long periods where employees who are under investigation can’t report to work but are paid. The final version of the act also included language that will affect civil servants’ personnel files and benefits for those who accept a buyout.

  The conference report for the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943), which the Senate approved 92-7 to send to President Obama, contains the Administrative Leave Reform Act. Supported in the House by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and in the Senate by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, it would cap the use of administrative leave for cases of misconduct or performance at 10 days per calendar year.

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