ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R001201450025-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 25
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2008/03/05: CIA-RDP85B01152R001201450025-0
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PR IA.ELl'r`''
FROM: EDWIN MEESE III
SUBJECT: Administrative Remedies for Employee Misconduct
Background
The concept of government-wide standards for dealing with
employee misconduct was proposed in the final report of the
President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. Its Committee
on Administrative Remedies and Incentives recommended that all
Federal agencies be required by OPM to establish a table of
penalties, with OPM providing guidance in the form of sample
tables.
There was disagreement among the various agencies as to whether
OPM's tables should be made mandatory or remain as a sample, with
each agency allowed to c?-Ise its own set of penalties.
The OPM tables would define what constitutes misconduct while on
the job. Examples: unexcused tardiness, use of intoxicants,
discourtesy, sleeping, sexual harassment, damage to government
property. The tables would also provide suggested supervisor
responses that would include oral admonition, suspension, and
removal. Uniform tables throughout the Fedral agencies will
ensure that treatment of like offenses is reasonably consistent.
The Cabinet Council on Management and Administration has reviewed
the following options pertaining to administrative remedies for
employee misconduct:
1. Do not issue government-wide guidance;
2. Issue a Federal Personnel Manual (FPM) letter encouraging
agencies to create their own table of penalties;
3. Issue an FPM letter with a sample table of penalties;
4. Issue a mandatory government-wide table of penalties.
Recommendation:-
Option three is hereby recommended by CCMA. This option offers
sufficient assurance that agencies will develop penalties which
are comparable government-wide, while allowing flexibility for
adjustment based on each agency's needs.
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