Evening star., 1950-10-03
Commission Defines
Civil Service Terms
For Change Of Status

For Change Of Status
The Civil Service Commission
has issued regulations for admin
istration of President Truman's
executive order permitting tenn
porary Government workers to ac-
quire full civil service status.
The order, issued August 28, is
expected to allow about $4,000
workers to move from temporary
to permanent status.
These csc regulations issued
last night. followed an important
ruling earlier in the day by Con-
troller General Lindsay C. War
rem interpretating the controver-
sial annual leave rider on the cur
rent omnibus appropriation bill.
Must Be Used or Forfeited.
Clearing up several questions
arising over the leave rider, Mr..
Warren ruled that annual leave
Of 26 days earned this calendar
year 1850 must be used by June
80. 1851. or forfeited.
In reply to other disputed points,
he decided that annual leave ac-
cumulated UP to January / this
year still could carry over. But
In response to a question as to
whether leave accumulated duringl
this calendar year could be added
to that previously built up, Mr..
Warren answered:
Amy annual leave accumulated
by an employe on December 81.
1850, in excess of the maximum
limitation permitted under exist
ing law would be forfeited on jan
uary l, 1851"
Regarding Federal workers who
enter active duty in the armed
services the Controller General
ruled that if they entered before
July l. 1851, they could either re-
ceive a lump sum for accumulated
leave or elect to have it remain to
their credit if and when they re-
turn to their former jobs. If they
entered the armed forces after
July l, 1851, the leave restriction
would not apply.
Rating Act Explained.
Copies of the controller generals
ruling on leave were distributed by
the Civil Service Commission yes
terday in its departmental cir
cular sent to departments and in
dependent establishments.
The csc also sent to Federal
agencies a full explanation of the
new Performance Rating Act
signed last Saturday by President
Truman. It abolishes the present
five efficiency ratings for Federal
workers and substitutes a new
three-point rating system, to be
effective 80 days from the time
the President affixed his sigma
ture.
In its new regulations for trans
fer Of temporary employees to
fun civil service status, the csc
necessarily used the terms on eff
flciency ratings still in effect.
They are excellent" very
good" good" "fair" and "unsats
isfactory."
Requirements Described.
The new performance ratings
viii be Outstanding, "satisfac-
tory" and unsatisfactory"
A temporary Government worker
hoping for full status must meet
several requirements under the
new regulations.
He must have been appointed
to and entered on duty in a civilian
position in the competitive service
OF the Government on or before
August %, 1948.
He must have been serving, in
an active-duty status, in the COM
petitive service on August %,
1850, when the President signed
the bill, provided he is not nom
veteran in a job restricted to vet
erans.
ACttFC Duty Dcuucu.
The regulations define active
duty as including those incumbents
of competitive positions who on
August % this year were not on
real active duty but who were in
any of four different categories.
These are:
/. Carried on the compensation
rolls of the Bureau of Employees
Compensation.
2. In the active service of the
armed forces.
8. On leave without pay for any
purpose for period not exceeding
80 work days.
4. Employees who otherwise meet
the terms of the executive order
but who were separated from the
service or furloughed due to fail
ure to enact their respective appro-
priations bills for fiscal year 1851
and who were re-employed in the
same agency within go days of the
passage of such bills and who are
continued in such e-employment
for not less than go days, may be
regarded as in an active duty
status.