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he planned to take the additional 2 day8 arid G$ hours in FebrunrYj
3933, or thereafter, deductions of $1.08 would be mado cnch month to
Deccmbcr, inclusive, and $0.97 in Janumy to bring the total to $20.
Aftcr deductions of $20 and $80, rcspectivcly, arrr madc from the salaries
of such employees, no further deductions will be niade during the fiW1
year unless the etnployec is absent for more than tlic time indicated
above; such further absences will be cliargcd for undcr (>xisting rogul~tions
governing leave without pay.
It js noted that many Atation offiein18 ar(’ not following thc instructions
contained in the last issue of Torw~ ANI) PEI~SONN~T, with r(Sfrrrnc(’
to the details in connection with the preparation of pay rollA. Fiiilur(’
to strictly adhere to the inHtructions givm reRults in additional and un.
necessary work in auditing and in delay in placing pay rolh in course
of settlement.
Under a decision of the Comptroller Oencrnl on the ICconotny Act,
employee on legislative furlough during an cntirc calendar iiioiith whicll
contains less than 24 working days will not bo pcrmitted at any 8111~4(’’.
quent time to take, without additionrd charge against his pay, thci dfferencr
betwccn 24 and the actual numbrr of working days occurring jn
the month in which such employee is absent. For cxarnplci, tlic fact
that the niontli of July contained but 824 working days would not (’11’
title an cmployce who had been furloughed tho (intire cnlmtlar nio13th
of July to an additional 13 days’ legislative furlough.
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ALLOTMENT FOR PRlNTlNG AND BINDING REDUCED
The following items formcrly classed as ‘‘Supplies" arc? now cla~sc’~
w “Printing and Binding” in the ]Economy Act for the fixcal year 1‘358:
Any book (requiring printing Plain, nnprintod putls.
or binding).
Htenogr~plior’s notebooks,
Scrap books.
Plain and riilud notebooks.
Pres8 copy books.
Pluin tnbleto.
Oalendnr puda.
I,oo,oo-lcaf bindore.
Columnar padw.
ltulccl p~id~.
Crms section paper.
Stnndarcl blank books.
There has been drastic cut in the appropriation for the iteiup id’
cated, and the bureau’s allotnient htw brcn cut about 60 per ccnt for ex’
penditures in Washington and in the field during the fi~cal yenr 1988,
Furthermore, field ofKicialn are prohibitcd in that act froin purchtdnClf
without approval of the .Joint Cornmittre on Printing, nny of thc~’ O’‘
rriiriilar hms 011 circular authority roquiring u printing or binding oyf@’
tion, or both, to nianufacturp.
Therefore, the purchase of these itieXXJS tllUHt bo restricted to absolute
rcauirements and no rruch purcharjoe should bo irindcl until after approvfll
is obtained from the Central Office,
In thk connection the number of srnall daily calendar pad@ iflau@ d
by the Central OWOO each calendar ycar will bo liiutcrially r(v,lucucl, The