Summary

AS FOLLOWS: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR DECISION OF JUNE 4. AMONG THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WAS THE FOLLOWING: "QUESTION 7. "THERE IS GREAT VARIATION IN THE GRANTS OF ANNUAL LEAVE AND SICK LEAVE TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STATIONED IN ALASKA. SOME HAVE BEEN CONSTRUED AS NOT PERMITTING SICK LEAVE. "DECISION IS DESIRED WHETHER THE LANGUAGE OF SECTION 5 OF THE TWO ACTS IS SUCH AS TO PERMIT A CHOICE BETWEEN THE LEAVE GRANTED BY PUBLIC. OR WHETHER IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO SELECT THE MOST DESIRABLE FEATURES OF THE LAWS AND MERGE THEM INTO REGULATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES STATIONED OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES. BE PERMITTED TO HAVE THE THIRTY DAYS' LEAVE PLUS THE ACCUMULATION PERMITTED BY PUBLIC.