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work site(s). Full time employees must

meet all obligations of the position

regardless of work site arrangement.

5. Responsibilities

a. The Assistant Secretary for

Management and Chief Financial

Officer is responsible for the overall

administration of the Departmental

Telework and Flexiplace program.

b. The Deputy Assistant Secretary

(Management Operations) and the

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Human

Resources) shall:

(1) designate:

(a) a Departmental coordinator to

serve as primary contact, and

(b) Program Managers to provide

information and support resources to

assist in the organization and

implementation of Telework programs

throughout the Department;

(2) identify training and support

resources, and coordinate Treasury

initiatives and reports as required.

c. The Deputy Assistant Secretary

(Information Systems) and Chief

Information Officer shall provide

advisory information systems services to

support the Telework programs as

needed.

d. The Chief Management and

Administrative Programs Officer, Heads

of Bureaus and Offices, the Inspector

General, and the Inspector General for

Tax Administration, as it relates to their

respective bureaus and offices, shall:

(1) establish Telework programs at all

bureau/office locations where possible

and appropriate to bureau/office

mission;

(2) appoint one or more Bureau/Office

Telework Coordinator(s) to serve as

contact and liaison between the

Department and the bureau/office;

(3) within 90 days of the effective date

of this directive, establish a bureau/

office baseline on employee Telework

participation, to be used in program

evaluations and future progress reports;

(4) submit annual reports within 30

days of the end of the fiscal year to the

Departmental Coordinators on the status

of the bureau/office Telework program;

and

(5) complete all labor relations

responsibilities.

6. Telework Arrangements

a. Participation in a telework

arrangement is not an employee

entitlement. An employee may

participate in the program if the

responsible supervisor or designee

decides that the employee’s job duties

are appropriate for offsite work

b. The telework arrangement under

which an employee will perform work

must be clearly set forth in a written

agreement and signed by the respective

supervisor and employee. The

agreement must specify:

(1) The alternative work site (i.e.,

work-at-home, Telework center or

other),

(2) Specific hours and days per week

to be worked at the alternate work place,

(3) Pertinent office equipment to be

provided and by whom,

(4) Method of communication to be

used between the official duty station

and alternate work place, and

(5) Duties to be performed and

methods of evaluation to be employed.

c. A Telework arrangement does not

alter the terms and conditions of

appointment, including an employee’s

official duty station, salary, benefits,

individual rights, or obligations. All

pay, leave, and travel entitlement shall

be based on the official duty station.

The Telework arrangement shall not

affect other conditions of employment,

e.g., hours of work, unless otherwise

specified in the Telework agreement.

d. Upon appropriate notice the bureau

(manager) or designee, has the right to

inspect the home or alternate work site

and equipment to be used by an

employee to ensure that proposed work

space is safe, and all equipment is

adequately installed and performing

properly.

e. The Telework agreement between

employee and supervisor may be

terminated at the discretion of the

supervisor.

f. The Telework arrangement shall be

for the performance of official duties

and shall not be treated as an

opportunity to conduct personal

business.

g. Each bureau/office may issue

additional criteria in accordance with

this Directive and with Treasury

Publication TD P 74–14, Department of

Treasury Telework Handbook, which

provides additional general information

and guidance regarding Telework

programs. This manual is available

through the Department’s Office of

Asset Management and the Office of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human

Resources.

7. Authorities

a. Federal Employees Clean Air

Incentives Act, (Pub. L. 103–172

(November 11, 1993).

b. Memorandum on Expanding

Family-Friendly Work Arrangements in

the Executive Branch, 30 Weekly Comp.

Pres. Doc. 1468 (July 11, 1994).

c. Memorandum Implementing

Federal Family Friendly Work

Arrangements, 32 Weekly Comp. 1119

(June 21, 1996).

d. National Telecommuting Initiative

Action Plan, (President’s Management

Council, January 1996).

8. Office of Primary Interest

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Management and Chief Financial

Officer, Office of the Deputy Assistant

Secretary (Human Resources), Office of

the Deputy Assistant Secretary

(Management Operations), and Office of

Asset Management.

Lisa Ross,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Management

and Chief Financial Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Payments to Persons Who Hold

Certain Categories of Judgments

Against Cuba or Iran

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury;

Departmental Offices.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury is announcing that it will

shortly prescribe procedures for making

payments to persons who hold certain

categories of judgments against Cuba or

Iran.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexandra Edsall, Senior Advisor to the

General Counsel, Department of the

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Room 3018, Washington, DC

20220, telephone (202) 622–2744 (not a

toll-free call).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

2002 of the Victims of Trafficking and

Violence Protection Act of 2000 directs

the Secretary of the Treasury to make

payments to persons who hold certain

categories of judgments against Cuba or

Iran in suits brought under 28 U.S.C.

1605(a)(7). Promptly after enactment,

the Department of the Treasury will

publish a notice in the Federal Register

advising claimants what information

must be provided in order to qualify for

a payment under section 2002.

Dated: October 27, 2000.

Richard S. Carro,

Associate General Counsel.

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