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60 FLRA No. 15
Social Security Administration and AFGE, AFL-CIO Case No. BN-RP-03-0030 (Decided June 30, 2004)
The Agency sought review of the Regional Director's (RD's) Decision and Order and Direction of Election. The RD found that the nonprofessional employees in the Social Security Administration, Office of Telecommunications and Systems Operations, Division of National Network Services and Operations, Remote Operations Management Branch, Remote Operations Communications Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were not excluded from a proposed bargaining unit because they were not engaged in security work which directly affected national security within the meaning of § 7112(b)(6) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.
The Authority denied the application for review noting that it found no basis for modifying the Authority's definition of security work. The Authority further noted that the Agency did not establish that the Authority's definition of security work was inconsistent with the test set forth in § 7112(b)(6) or the concerns reflected in that portion of the Statute. As such, the Authority found that the Agency failed to establish grounds warranting review of the RD's decision under § 2422.31(c)(2) and (3)(i) of the Authority's Regulations and denied the application for review.