Transmittal Notice 15-08
01/07/16
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this Transmittal Notice (TN) is to transmit a copy of the new Part 7, Chapter 6, "Telework Arrangement Program," Indian Health Manual (IHM). The purpose of this chapter is to revise the current Indian Health Service (IHS) Flexible Workplace Arrangement Program policy and provide implementing guidelines for carrying out the requirements of Section 359, Public Law (P.L.) 106-346 and P.L. 111-292. These guidelines apply to telework programs throughout the IHS and establish a policy under which employees may be authorized to telework to the extent possible without diminishing operations and employee performance.
Principal Deputy Director
Indian Health Service
MATERIAL TRANSMITTED
Part 7, Chapter 6, "Telework Arrangement Program," IHM
MATERIAL SUPERSEDED
Indian Health Manual 7-6, Flexible Workplace Arrangement Program, TN 98-01 dated June 26, 1995
MANUAL MAINTENANCE
Remove and discard all reference copies of 7-6 IHM, TN 98-01 dated June 26, 1995, from your IHM file system. Insert the attached copy of Part 7, Chapter 6, "Telework Arrangement Program," IHM, including the chapter Table of Contents, in its place after Part 7, Chapter 5, IHM.
Log and file this TN in sequential order.
Distribution: IHSe-Wide
Date: January 07, 2016
