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12/10/2002

The following Survey Manual Chapter has been revised and retitled: SM 501.1 (Cost Distribution ) - 9/6/02

The following SM Chapter has been issued: SM 320.1 (Cost Centers) - 7/24/02

The following SM Chapter has been issued: SM 344.8 (Time and Attendance Accounting) - 9/12/02

11/22/2002

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) has been issued: IM OFM 2003-01 (Physical Fitness Reimbursement Coding Procedure) - 10/29/02

09/25/2002

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) has been issued: IM OFM 2002-02 (Object Classification) - 09/16/02

08/12/2002

The following SM Handbook has been issued: SM Handbook 445-1-H (Environmental Management and Compliance Requirements Handbook) - 06/20/02

08/09/2002

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) has been issued:

IM OFS 2002-01 (Reversing FY 2002 Salary Charges Moved to FY 2001) - 07/18/02

06/05/2002

The following SM chapter has been revised and retitled:

SM 500.5 (News Release and Media Relations Policy) - 05/30/02

05/30/2002

The following SM Chapter has been revised:

SM 370.308.3 (Student Career Experience Program) - 04/23/02

The following SM Chapter has been issued:

SM 370.410.2 (Career Development Program) - 04/12/02

04/30/2002

The following SM chapter has been revised:

SM 205.1 (Personnel Management) - 02/04/02

04/29/2002

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) have been issued:

IM OOP-2002-01 (Competitive Area - Office of the Regional Hydrologist, Eastern Region, South, Water) - 03/22/02

IM OOP-2002-02 (Competitive Area - Office of the Regional Hydrologist, Eastern Region, North, Water) - 03/25/02

03/25/2002

OFM IM 2000-01 has been removed.

02/25/2002

The following SM Handbook has been revised:

SM Handbook 445-2-H (Occupational Safety and Health Program Requirements Handbook)

02/05/2002

The following SM chapters have been revised: SM 205.3 (Personal Property Management) - 02/05/02 SM 205.11 (General Redelegations - Administrative Series) - 02/05/02

01/28/2002

The following SM Chapter has been revised: SM 445.1 (Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Policy and Responsibilities) - 01/28/02

12/06/2001

The following SM Chapter has been issued: SM 370.537.1 (USGS Student Loan Repayment Benefit) - 11/21/01

11/13/2001

The following SM Chapter has been revised:

SM 370.380.1 (Upward Mobility Program) - 11/07/01

10/05/2001

The following SM Chapter has been deleted:

SM 120.10 - (Principal Officials)

10/03/2001

The following SM Chapter has been revised:

SM 205.9 (Authority to Approve Requests to Testify, and Release of Official Records and Official Personnel Folders) - 10/03/01

10/02/2001

The following SM Chapter has been revised:

SM 220.7 (Federal Register Documents) - 10/02/01

09/17/2001

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) have been issued:

IM OFM-2001-04 (Object Classification) - 08/31/01

IM OFM-2001-05 (Conference Planning Allowance and Refreshments Involving Travel) - 09/07/01

08/22/2001

The following SM Chapter has been revised:

SM 205.16 (Equal Employment Opportunity Officer) - 08/15/01

08/15/2001

The following Instructional Memorandum (IM) has been issued:

IM OFM-2001-03 (Review of Unliquidated Obligations) - 08/13/2001

06/27/2001

The following SM Chapter has been issued:

SM 422.1 (Deferred Maintenance) - 06/19/01

The following SM Chapters have been revised: SM 336.1 (Billing Other Federal Agencies) - 06/20/01 SM 344.16 (Employee Clearance Procedures) - 06/20/01

06/25/2001

The following SM Chapters have been revised:

SM 200.2 (Redelegations) - 06/14/01

SM 205.17 (Advisory Committee Management) - 06/14/01

06/22/2001

The following SM Chapter has been deleted: SM 205.6 (Redelegation - Overtime Authorization)

06/06/2001

The following SM Chapter has been revised:

SM 370.735.6 (Financial Interests) - 06/06/2001

05/11/2001

The following SM Chapter has been revised: SM 200.1 (Delegations) - 05/11/2001

04/30/2001

The following SM Chapter has been deleted:

SM 370.296.1 (Initiating Personnel Actions)

04/24/2001

The following Instructional Memorandum (IM) has been issued: IM OFM-2001-02 (Mandatory Use of Travel Management Center) - 04/16/2001

03/05/2001

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapter has been revised: SM 302.2 (Automatic Succession - Director) - 03/05/2001

02/26/2001

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapter has been issued:

370.575.1 (Recruitment and Relocation Bonuses and Retention Allowances) - 05/19/2000

02/15/2001

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapters have been deleted:

SM 370.410.2 (Determining Training Needs)

SM 370.410.4 (Training in Non-Government Facilities)

SM 370.410.6 (Contributions, Awards, Payments from Non-Government Sources)

SM 370.410.7 (Training Records and Reports)

01/17/2001

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapter has been revised and renumbered:

440.6 (Flags) - 11/27/2000 (formerly SM 301.4)

12/01/2000

The following Instructional Memorandums (IM) have been issued:

IM OAFA-2000-001 (Procurement Specifications) - 03/14/2000

IM OAFA-2000-002 (Purchase Orders) - 06/08/2000

11/29/2000

Instructional Memorandum OAFA 98-001, Procurement Specfications, has been cancelled.

11/28/2000

Instructional Memorandums OAFA 96-001, Procurement Integrity, and OAFA 96-002, Procurement Integrity, have been cancelled.

11/27/2000

The following Instructional Memorandum (IM) has been issued: IM OFM-2001-01 (Accounting for Software) - 11/02/2000

10/17/2000

SM Chapter 401.11 entitled, Procurement Integrity, has been cancelled.

09/30/2000

The Relocation Travel Allowances Handbook - 340-6-A-H, has been cancelled. The "Employees Guide for Permanent Change of Station - Rules and Allowances has replaced the handbook.

09/21/2000

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) have been issued:

IM OFM-2000-05 (Mandatory Use of the Travel Charge Card, Late Payment of Travel Vouchers, and Collection of Delinquent Travel Accounts) - 6/15/2000

IM OFM-2000-07 (Object Classification) - 9/18/2000

09/12/2000

The following Instructional Memorandum (IM) has been issued: IM OFM-2000-06 (Managing Unliquidated Obligations) - 8/17/2000

08/18/2000

The following Instructional Memorandum (IM) has been issued:

IM OOP-00-001 (Interim Guidance on U.S. Geological Survey Career Ladders) - 6/2/2000

05/18/2000

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapter has been revised:

370.335.1 (Merit Promotion Plan) - 04/24/2000

05/02/2000

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapter has been issued: 500.17 (Information Product Planning) - 04/13/2000

04/13/2000

The following Survey Manual (SM) chapter has been issued: 500.16 (Classification and Inventory of USGS Web Services) - 02/14/2000

04/10/2000

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) have been issued:

IM OFM 2000-02 (Procedures for Assigning GPO Document Numbers) - 03/30/2000

IM OFM 2000-03 (Information Required when Ordering Goods and Services from Federal Agencies using the OPAC System) - 03/30/2000

02/07/2000

The following Instructional Memoranda (IM) has been issued:

IM OFM 2000-04 (Remote Data Entry (RDE) of Payments against Contract Obligations) - 01/24/2000

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