NOISE
ABATEMENT
Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Brooklyn
District Office, Brooklyn, New York and Chapter 53, National Treasury
Employees Union, Case No. 98 FSIP 121, January 29, 1999 (Release
No. 417).
The UNION proposed that the AGENCY make every reasonable effort
to get the General Services Administration (GSA) to comply with
the parties' agreement concerning noise abatement for printers within
45 calendar days.
The AGENCY proposed that the parties Memorandum of Understanding
should not include language that required it to ensure GSA's cooperation
in the implementation of the agreement.
The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the following modified version
of the AGENCY's proposal:
In the event that the assistance of the General Services Administration
(GSA) is needed to procure and/or install acoustical screens,
and/or relocate the printers to the agreed upon areas, management
will make every reasonable effort to secure GSA action within
45 calendar days.
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