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NOAA Supervisory Resource Guide
Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report
Who
Must File: The Office of General Counsel (OGC) will inform
you if the position in which you serve or will serve has been designated
as requiring confidential financial disclosure. Agencies are required
to designate positions at or below GS-15, O-6, or comparable pay
rates, in which the nature of duties may involve a potential conflict
of interest. Examples include contracting, procurement, administration
of grants and licenses, regulating/auditing non-Federal entities,
other activities having a substantial economic effect on non-Federal
entities, or law enforcement. Additionally, all special Government
employees (SGEs) (those appointed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 202(a)
to serve no more than 130 days in a period of 365 days) must file,
unless exempted or subject to the public reporting system. Agencies
may also require certain employees in positions above GS-15, O-6,
or a comparable pay rate to file. Contact OGC for the SF-450 and
instructions for completing the form.
OGC Contact Information: The OGC may be reached at (202)482-3326.
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Security Clearances
Principle:
Basic Steps:
- If the position requires a security clearance (i.e., access to Classified National Security Information), then the employee’s manager must send a request to the NOAA Security Office.
- Review of the employee’s Personnel Security File may disclose a need for new security forms and/or a new investigation.
- Upon completion of any required investigation, the employee will be given a security briefing and required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The employee’s manager or security administrative contact will then be notified that the employee has been granted access. Only then may the employee be granted access to classified materials or systems.
Time
Frames: In cases where a pre-employment background
investigation can be waived, the appropriate
Security Office will usually issue
the waiver. A pre-employment investigation may take up to six
months.
Contact: The NOAA Security Office may be reached on (301)713-0954.
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Worker's
Compensation
Basic Steps:
When an employee is injured while on duty, you should:
- Immediately offer medical treatment through the Health Unit, a local treatment center, or through the employee’s treating physician.
- When the employee is medically able, encourage him/her to file a claim for compensation (CA-1), or you may complete the form on the employee’s behalf.
- Issue a CA-16, Authorization for Examination and/or Treatment, to the employee to provide for the payment of medical treatment by completing the front of the form.
- Give
this form to the employee within four hours, whenever possible.
- Issue the form even if you have doubts about the claim—you may indicate doubt in item 6(b).
- A CA-16 should not be issued more than seven days after the date of injury, instead you may give the employee a form CA-20, Attending Physicians Report, so that medical evidence may be submitted.
- Do not issue a Form CA-16 if the claim is for an occupational illness.
- Ensure that all items are completed on the CA-1 form, both front and back, as applicable.
- Please note your operating unit is billed for these charges. Your operating unit may, in turn, charge the bill to your office’s budget.
Two Basic Types of Injury Claims:
- A traumatic injury is defined as an injury that occurs during the course of one work shift. The appropriate form to file is a CA-1, Federal Employee’s Notice of Traumatic Injury and Claim for Continuation of Pay/Compensation.
- An occupational illness is defined as a condition that arises over the course of more than one work shift. The appropriate form to file is a CA-2, Notice of Occupational Disease and Claim for Compensation.
Continuation
of Pay: A supervisor may authorize continuation of pay for
up to
ten (10) work
days, while awaiting medical
evidence
to support disability. Continuation of
pay may be authorized for up to 45 calendar days
by the
Workers’ Compensation Unit
of the Department’s Office of Workforce
Management Office Management, provided
there is supporting medical evidence.
The supervisor
will
be notified regarding the acceptance/denial
of the claim, and entitlement to continuation
of pay. For more on this subject and
to obtain
appropriate forms, call the DoC Workers’ Compensation
Program (800) 743-2231, FAX (800) 743-3293.
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Page last edited: January 28, 2008