Personnel Programs and Policies of the Federal Government: Overseas Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil Service Commission and Personnel Programs of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 288 pages Reviews wage, benefit, and travel allowance policies for Federal employees and military civilian personnel working abroad. Sept. 22 hearing was held in London, England; Sept. 28 hearing was held in Paris, France; Oct. 5 hearing was held in Frankfurt, Germany; Oct. 10 hearing was held in Berlin, Germany; Oct. 18 hearing was held in Munich, Germany; Oct. 24 hearing was held in Rome, Italy; Oct. 29 hearing was held in Athens, Greece; and Nov. 2 hearing was held in Madrid, Spain. |
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administrative agencies agreement Air Force Air Ministry American assigned BEERS British British civil service BROYHILL career CHAIRMAN charter flights Chief Civil Service Commission civil-service employees civil-service status civilian employees civilian personnel officer Colonel HIXSON committee cost CRETELLA dependents Embassy employed employment established Europe EVERSMEYER Foreign Service France Frankfurt French French civil service German GESTER grade Greece guest force HARDEN headquarters hear hired housing JOHNSTONE KNASEL labor LAWSON legislation Lieutenant Colonel EVANS ment military mission Navy operation organization overseas areas PANKONIN percent person PERSONNEL BRANCH PERSONNEL PROGRAMS ployees position problems quarters allowance questions recommendations recruited regulations retirement salary Salonika SIFERT Southern Area Command Spain Spanish staff standards stateside subcommittee TAYLOR teachers testimony Thank tion transportation TUMULTY United Kingdom United States Army United States citizen United States forces United States Government USAREUR utilization wage WALSH
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Page 59 - Representatives shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the Congress by the agencies in the executive branch of the Government.
Page 268 - Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence...
Page 1 - Murray, chairman of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee of the House of Representatives...
Page 268 - And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this State by force or violence...
Page 57 - ... the host government and the guest force, and usually results in general employee dissatisfaction. Local nationals should be paid wages and salaries, and be afforded conditions of employment which are based on local law and custom and which are not more or less favorable than those enjoyed by those with similar skills and in similar occupations in the economy of the host country. Wages paid and employment conditions offered should be favorable enough to meet existing fair standards in the labor...
Page 59 - I testified before a Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee on a Resolution on Congressional Relations with the United States Postal Service.
Page 285 - ... act of injustice to the people of the United States, and particularly to the citizens of the States of the Colorado River Basin, and would constitute an irreparable economic loss to this country; Wherefore, Your Memorialist, the Seventh Legislature of the State of Arizona, prays that by appropriate legislative action, on the part of the Congress of the United States, to be taken prior to or in connection with the enactment of any legislation providing for the development of the Colorado River,...
Page 55 - ... agreed to by the host and the US Forces for the day-to-day management of such personnel. . . Usually the host government recruits these employees for the US Forces. The basic principle behind this arrangement, as given in DODI 1400.10, is, "That local law and customs are followed in the employment and administration of local national personnel to the extent that such laws and customs are compatible with the basic management needs of the US Forces.
Page 99 - Federal financial transactions are carried out in accordance with law and of providing the Congress with a source of information relating to the receipt, disbursement, and application of Federal funds. The...
Page 2 - ... further state that there are several bills which have been introduced by various Members of Congress, some of them members of our committee — as an example, HR 3819, introduced by the Honorable Mr. Corbett (Pennsylvania) — the purpose of which is to consolidate various positions with regard to laws relating to additional compensation of civilian employees of the Federal Government stationed outside the continental United States. There is another bill HE 3820, also HE 5843, before the Congress...