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VISN DEMAND TO BARGAIN

Demand To Bargain
To E-mail: Oscar L. Williams Jr. NVAC National Demand To Bargain Mid-Term Bargaining Report Calendar Year 2011 CLICK ON LINKS BELOW FOR 2012 DEMANDS VHA Directive 2011 Use of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Administering Medications 01/10/12 VHA letter Misuse and Appropriate Timekeeping of Physician Leave 01/27/12 VISN 18 and VISN 19 planned collaboration regarding the Fee Basis payment processing portion of Fee Basis Program from VISN 18 to VISN 19 01/27/12 CLICK ON LINKS BELOW FOR 2011 DEMANDS VHA Clinical Simulation Business Practices for Audiovisual Recordings 01/12/11 VA Volume XIV Chapter 7 Local Travel 01/31/11 VA Acquisition Policy Division (D1AL-Pi) New Requirement for Purchasing Agents 1105 02/02/11 VA Chiropractic Care Study(VICCS)Research Project 02/14/11 Expansion of Fiduciary Hub Pilot 02/15/11 Veterans Health Administration Corporate Data Files 02/17/11 VHA Handbook 1850.04 Employee Uniform 02/23/11 VA Telephone Transformation Project 03/07/11 Mandatory Overtime VBA 03/11/11 OI & T Service Desk Consolidation Project 03/19/11 VA-funded Research Project Evidence Based Practice and Patient Centered Care 04/04/11 VHA Pilot on Boarding "Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process" 04/04/11 Standardized Assessment and Case Management Tools for Social Workers in PACT 04/06/11 VA Handbook 5005 Staffing Conversions of Health Care Occupations to Title 38 Hybrid Status 04/06/11 VA Worklife and Benefits Service (058)Telework Notices 04/06/11 VA Fleet Management GPS Locator Tracking Vehicle Management Program 04/07/11 VA's Emergency Shutdown Furlough 04/07/11 RVSR PD - VSR, RVSR and DRO National Performance Standards 04/08/11 VBA Imposed Sanction 04/14/11 VA Handbook 5007 Part V Chapter 6 Sunday Premium Pay for Part-time Employees 04/20/11 Expansion of Fiduciary Hub Pilot VBA 04/21/11 VSR Single Signature Initiative-PMC 04/28/11 VA Handbook Hours of Duty & Leave 05/19/11 VA Directive 0633 and VA Handbook 0633 Transit Benefit Program 06/01/11 Intake Processing Center (IPC) in Regional Offices 06/01/11 VA Directive 0633 and VA Handbook 0633 Transit Benefit Program 06/01/11 Claims Assistance Efforts 06/20/11 Express Lane Program Pilot 06/21/11 VHA Generic Changes to Activities of Emergency Department Integration Software(EDIS) national rollout 07/18/11 VA Handbook 0730/3 Security and Law Enforcement 07/21/11 VISN 23 MVAHCS proposed changes in 4E Bed Status and Hours of Operation (AFGE Local 1969 and AFGE Local 3669) 08/05/11 Implementation of the Office of Mental Health Service mandatory training requirement 08/08/11 VA Office of Information & Technology (OI&T) Initiative OIT Competency Model 08/10/11 VA ICD-10 Project Initiative 08/30/11 VHA Handbook 1907.xx Health Information Management of Release of Information 08/30/11 VA Handbook 5007 "Pay Administration" P.L. 111-163 Implementation 09/06/11 VA 7422 Tracking System 09/07/11 VHA T21 Initiative 09/13/11 VRM Customer Relationship Management CRM System 09/22/11 VA Point of Service Interactive Kiosk nationwide rollout and mandatory training 09/23/11 VA Handbook 5011 Hours of Duty and Leave 09/23/11 VBMS (Veteran's Benefits Management System) 09/23/11 Revised VA Handbook 0633 Transit Benefit Program (September_2011) 09/23/11 Extension of Mandatory Overtime 10/06/11 CPAC Billings Performance Plan and Standards 10/13/11 VA Handbook 5011, Hours of Duty and Leave changes on the use of sick leave usage and advance sick leave for Serious Communicable Diseases 10/13/11 Call Center National Performance Standards 10/21/11 Gown and Glove Study in VA Community Living Centers 10/25/11 Loan Guaranty National Performance Standards 10/26/11 Transformation Initiatives 11/05/11 VHA Nursing Handbook Changes 11/10/11 VA Handbook 0735 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) 11/10/11 VA Directive and VA Handbook 0634 Transit Benefit Bicycle Program 11/22/11 EES Upward Mobility and Career Development Program 11/22/11 VA OI & T Two-Factor Authentication for Users with Administrative Rights on Servers 11/23/11 VA Procurement and Logistics Office (PLO)centralization of Human Resources and Fiscal Service of SAO Acquisition Employees to VHA Service Center VSC 12/08/11 VA Directive and VA Handbook 0700 Administrative Investigations 12/12/11 VHA Real Time Location System (RTLS)12/15/11 Emergency Shutdown Furlough 12/15/11 Telework Policy 12/27/11 CLICK ON LINKS BELOW FOR 2010 DEMANDS VA Acquisition Workforce Applied Learning Center (ACL) Project 01/20/10 VHA Research Project Team Process and Performance in Primary Care 01/25/10 VHA Fee Basis Claim System (FBCS)Software 01/26/10 VA Employee Accountability System Testing Pilot (VHA Philadelphia, VHA Houston, NCA Houston,and VARO Houston) 02/06/10 VHA New Model of Care FY 2010 Operation Plan "Patient Centered Care" 02/06/10 VA Directive 5009 and VA Handbook 5009 Employee Benefits 02/15/10 VHA Insurance Capture Buffer (ICB)Implementation at the remaining VHA Medical Centers 03/09/10 VHA Directive 2010-00 Asbestos Management Program 03/10/10 VA Directive and Handbook 5975.1 Processing Request for Reasonable Accommodations by Employees and Applicants with Disabilities 03/12/10 VHA Acquisition and Logistics Realignment Implementation 03/22/10 VA Handbook 6300.5 Procedures for Establishing and Managing Privacy Act Systems 03/24/10 Adapting Coordination of Care Measures to Assess Polytrauma Care 04/05/10 VA EEs implementation of Core products and Service menu and realignment of EERC Staff 04/05/10 VA Fees Basis Program Pilot Automated, web-based claims processing_tool in VISN 11, the CBO and the Austin FSC 04/05/10 VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR & D)Project 09-104 05/03/10 VA Office of Information (OI & T) Corporate Data Center Operations Handbook 6076031 Operation and Maintence plan 05/03/10 VA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)05/03/10 VA Streamlined Vacancy Announcements on OPM USAJOBS 05/03/10 VA Employee Accountability System Testing Pilot VA Central Office sites 05/11/10 VA Implementation of DFAS Application called MyPay 05/20/10 VA Directive and Handbook 5975.1 Processing Request for Reasonable Accommodations by Employees and Applicants with Disabilities 06/04/10 VA conversion from EEX to DFAS Application called MyPay 06/12/10 VA ORM Implementation of the Solution Support Center (SSC) 06/22/10 VHA Handbook xxxx.01 Fire Department Services at VA Medical Centers and Domicilliares 06/22/10 MCCF Operations Realignments into VA North East CPAC Lebanon, PA (VISNs 1, 2,3 and 4); VA Central Plains CPAC Leavenworth, KS (VISNs 15,19 and 23) and VA West CPAC, Las Vegas, NV (VISNs 18,20,21 AND 22) 06/29/10 VHA Handbook 0320.5 Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team 07/08/10 Office of Information & Technology OI & T Region 1 Pilot Shift Work Service Lines Tour of Duty 07/28/10 VA-Law Enforcement Increase in Basic Training Hours 08/07/10 VHA Directive 2010-034 Staffing Methodology for VHA Nursing Personnel 08/07/10 VA_NCA_Directive 7700 Occupational Safety and Health Program Procedures 08/13/10 VHA Directive 2010-000 Safe Use of Ethylene Oxide 08/31/10 VHA HR Delivery Model 2010 09/07/10 VA Applied Learning Center(ALC) for the Acquisition Workforce 09/20/10 VA Office of Information and Technology (OI & T) reorganization into Office of Enterprise Development 09/20/10 VHA Handbook 0320.5 Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team (MERRT) 09/21/10 VA OI & T National Service Desk Tier One Alignment 09/23/10 VA Handbook 6508.1 Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) 10/16/10 VA Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC) Education and Training Policy 10/25/10 Veterans Relations Management (VRM) Virtual Call Centers (VCC) Pilots 10/25/10 VHA Medicare Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)10/29/10 VA Directive 0735 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) 11/15/10 VHA Directive XXXX Service Animals 11/15/2010 VA Handbook 5013 Performance Management Systems 11/22/10 VA IT Region 2 Encryption of BCMA Laptops 11/30/10 VA Directive 5978 Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR 12/03/10 Call Recording System 12/03/10 Requesting that you provide AFGE/NVAC VBA Midterm Committee with any additional information to include Appendix A 12/03/10 VHA Directive 2010-021 Utilization Management Program 12/13/10 VA OI & T Service Line Management Program 12/14/10 VHA New Organizational Alignment 12/14/10 VA Handbook 5005 Staff Staffing Reductions 12/22/10 OPM Sick Leave Regulations Changes 12/22/10 VA Clinical Nursing Flowsheets Projects at Baltimore VAMC; Charleston VAMC; Denver HCS; Lexington VAMC; Louisville VAMC; and St. Louis VAMC 12/29/10 CLICK ON LINKS BELOW FOR 2009 DEMANDS VHA Handbook 1850.04 Employee Uniforms 01/06/09 VHA Directive 2008 XXX Automated Safety Incident and Tracking System (ASISTS) 01/21/09 The Planetree Model for Enhancing Health Care 01/22/09 Realignment of VHA Acquisition Workforce 02/02/09 VA Directive 7700 "Occupational Safety and Health 02/02/09 Financial Service Center News Flash VA Implementation of Fed Traveler Receipt Imaging Functionally 03/02/09 New VHA Credentialing Release of Information Authorization Form 03/05/09 Use and Management of the Government Purchase Card Program 03/09/09 Elimination of Time in Grade restrictions for Title 5 and Title 38 employees 03/18/09 VHA Directive 2009-004 Us and Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) 03/18/09 Financial Relationship between VHA Health Care Professional and Industry 03/18/09 VA Fleet Management Wireless (GPS)Locator Tracking Vehicle Management Program 03/30/09 FedTravler User Profile 04/07/09 VA Handbook 5015 Employee Learning and Professional Development 04/06/09 Office of Enterprise Development OED Coaching and Mentoring Program 04/07/09 VHA National Patient Assessment Documentation Package 05/11/09 VHA Case Reporting Managing and Tracking Sick Days 05/11/09 VA Handbook 5005 27 Staffing 05/11/09 VISN 5 MCCF Unit Employees reassignment to CPAC facility based positions under MACPAC 05/11/09 VISN 17 Consolidated VISN Position Classification Unit 05/14/09 VISN 1 Memorandum No. 10B1-68 Informatics and Data Management Committee 05/28/09 VA Directive 6512 Secure Wireless Technology 05/28/09 VISN 6 Pilot Bright Idea Employee Suggestion Campaign 05/29/09 National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) Pilot Program for Staff Nurses 06/12/09 VA Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise (FLITE)Program 06/22/09 VHA Fee Basis Non-VA Care Millennium Bill Initiative Pilot Expansion in VISN 9, VISN 11 and VISN 18 07/08/09 VHA Directive 2009-031 Improving Safety in the Use of Reusable Medical Equipment through Standardization of structure and Reprocessing requirements 07/09/09 VISN 17 Consolidated VISN Position Classification Unit 07/09/09 VHA Emergency Department Integration Software (EDIS) 07/20/09 VHA VistA Scheduling Software Training Initiative and Draft Directive 07/20/09 VA Handbook 5007 Pay Administration 07/23/09 VHA Directive 2009-031 07/23/09 VA Learning University EES elimination of Fish Cards Awards 08/04/09 HRC Expanding Area of Recruitment for CPAC Locations 10/02/09 VA Handbook 5007 Part IV Retention Bonuses 10/02/09 VA New Requirements for Obtaining a Government Travel Charge Card 10/09/09 Care Management of Exposed and ILL Employees During a Flu Pandemic 10/09/09 VHA Directive 2009 XXX Boiler Plant Safety Education 10/25/09 VISN 1 MA/BPR Plant Operations and Ground Maintenance Implementation 10/25/09 VA Pandemic Flu Plan 10/28/09 Text Messaging While Driving 11/07/09 Transition Patient Advocate and Mental Health Peer Support 11/07/09 VHA movement of Mid-South Consolidated Patient Account Center (MACPAC) to Smyma TN 11/13/09 VA Treasury Offset Program (TOP) 11/30/09 VHA Directive_5019.1 Smoking Cessation for VA Employees: No Cost Provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy 11/30/09 VISN 5 VA MHC Policy Memorandum 512-00-103 Environment of Care Committee 11/30/09 VHA_Directive_7701_Occupational_Safety_and_Health_and Procedures 12/14/09 VA Office of Information and Technology OI & T Corporate Data Center Operations CDCO Directive 8500/1 Public Affairs Program 12/14/09 VA Handbook 5005 27 Staffing 12/14/09 VHA Directive 7701 Occupational Safety and Health and Procedures 12/14/09 VA Handbook 5005 Staffing Veterans Employment Opportunities Act requirements 12/14/09 Employee Education System (EES)e-learning Procedures FY2010 Performance Standards Plan 12/16/09 Office of Acquisition and Logistics implementation of Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting 12/16/09 VistA Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) 12/29/09 CLICK ON LINKS BELOW FOR 2008 DEMANDS Personal Identity_Verification (PIV) 01/10/08 VHA Directive 2007XX Smoke-Free Policy for VA Health Care Facilities 01/16/08 VA changes in ASSISTS Case Management 01/16/08 VA OI&T changes in HR services for employees under the Office of Enterprise Development 01/16/08 Implementation of Secure Messaging In My Healthe Vet Program 02/04/08 VHA Implementation of VistA Monitoring Tool for supervision of VA Employees 02/04/08 VHA All Employee Survey for 2008 02/04/08 Pre Tax Health Savings 02/15/08 Mid Atlantic Consolidated Patient Account Center (MACPAC) transfer of Human Resources Services to Health Revenue Center (HRC) Topeka, KS 02/06/08 Compensatory Time Off for Travel 03/10/08 VA Transit Benifit Program (TBP) Nationwide Re-Certification 03/10/08 Secretary's Annual Dispute Resolution (ADR) Awards and Recognition Program 03/11/08 VHA Handbook 1907.03 Health Information Management Clinical Coding Program Procedures 03/11/08 VHA Fresh Eyes on Service 03/31/08 Rescinding of Home Marketing Incentive Awards Program 04/08/08 VA Virtual Mobile Office Agreement 05/13/08 VA Traveling Nurse Initiative in VHA 05/14/08 VA Directive 6066 Protected Health Information (PHI) 05/28/08 VHA Employee Education Service (EES) 05/28/08 VHA Directive 2008xxx Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (ADR) 05/28/08 Peer Review for Quality Management 05/28/08 VA Alternate Dispute Resolution Council 06/18/08 VHA Mid-Atlantic Consolidated Patient Account Center (MACPAC) 06/19/08 VHA Directive 2008-008 CPR and ACLS Training for Staff 06/19/08 National Center for Organizational Development(NCOD) Assessment of VHA Chief Business Offices 06/19/08 VHA Revenue Cycle Productivity Guidelines 06/26/08 National Center for Organizational Development(NCOD) Assessment of VHA Chief Business Offices 06/26/08 VHA Directive 2008-xxx Mandatory Suicide Risk and Intervention Training for VHA Health Care Providers 07/10/08 VHA Office of Nursing Service (ONS) VHA RN Satisfaction Survey 07/21/08 VA Handbook 5005 Part II Appendix G7 Nurse Anesthetist Qualification Standard 07/21/08 Final Conversion of the Payroll System to DFAS 08/18/08 VA Office of Finance plans to mail employees their W-2 statements and Leave and Earnings Statements 08/18/08 VA National Reorganization to Consolidated Patient Account Centers CPAC Phase III 09/02/08 VA Mid-Atlantic Consolidated Patient Account Center MACPAC Expansion to VISN 5 09/02/08 VHA installation of Video Cameras on Mental Health Units 09/04/08 VA Home Marketing Incentive Award Program GBHO OF Bulletin 08E1.08 09/04/08 VA Detailed Permmanent Reaasignment of Bargaining Unit Employees to the office of Acquisition Logistics and Construction 09/22/08 VHA Rollout of Emergency Department Integration Software EDIS 09/22/09 VA Detailed/Permanent Reassignment of Bargaining Unit Employees to the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction 09/22/08 VHA National Safe Patient Handling 09/29/08 VHA Handbook 1142.01 Criteria and Standards for Community Living Centers (CLC) 10/01/08 VA Patient Safety Culture Survey 10/01/08 VHA Directive 2008-xxx Staffing Methodology for VHA Nursing Personnel 10/01/08 VA Detailed Permanent Reassignment of Bargaining Unit Employees to the office of Acquisition Logistics and Construction (Withdrawn) 10/10/08 Establishment of Centralized Local Payroll Service for National Cemetery Administration (NCA) 11/24/08 VHA Handbook 1162.xx Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MHRRTP)12/02/08 VHA RN Residency Program Pilot Implementation Plan 12/02/08 The Planetree Model for Enhancing Health Care 12/02/08 VHA P&LMS Specimen Mislabel Data Collection Pilot 12/16/08 OF Bulletin 09E1.03 Permanent Change Of Station Calculated Lump Sum Pilot Program(CLS) 12/16/08 CLICK ON LINKS BELOW FOR 2007 DEMANDS Detail and Permanently reassignment of VA IT Development Organizations Personnel to the Office Of Information and Technology (VHA,VBA,NCA,VA Staff Offices and other VA Organizations) 01/03/07 VHA Implementation of 11:30 pm - 8:00 am shift for Nursing Staff 01/29/07 VA's electronic OPF (eOPF) Project Pilot 01/29/07 VA Violence Prevention Research Project 02/08/07 VA_Directive 6601 Removal Storage Media 03/01/07 VA Directive 6600 "Responsibility of Employees and Others supporting vA in Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) 03/01/07 VA Handpook 500/27 Pay Administration change to Compensatory Time 03/01/07 VA Handbook 5011/13 Hours of Duty and Leave 03/01/07 VHA Pilot Testing of VANOD Skin Risk Assessment 03/16/07 VHA Directive 2007xx "Certification of Clinicians Performing Compensation and Pension Examination" 04/02/07 VHA Change in Physician/Dentist Proficiency Rating Period 04/02/07 VA Transit Benefit change to Smart Benefits Program in Washington DC 04/02/07 Establishment of National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Human Resources Center (HRC) 04/02/07 VHA Secret Shopper Program "Can You Schedule Me Now" 04/03/07 VA's Implementation of USA Staffing TM Recruitment and Application Process in the Department 04/05/07 VHA E.O.Quality Tranparency Project interviews with Primary Care Providers (AFGE Locals 1738,2107,2157,2201,& 2583) 04/06/07 VHA Directive 2007-002 Methicillin-Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus (MRSA) Initiative 04/11/07 VHA Bar Code Administration (BCMA)Managing Scanning Failures (MSF) Software Requirements Specification (SRS) Version 3 04/19/07

AFGE / NVAC Stewards Handbook I am pleased to inform you of an exciting new AFGE/NVAC Stewards Handbook that has been developed by the AFGE/National VA Council Training and Education Committee and the AFGE Education Department to assist you at the local level. I believe that you will find this handbook informative, and useful in your everyday union activities. This is an action packed handbook designed to educate union stewards, local officers and other officials within AFGE/NVAC, and should be utilized nationwide. If you would like additional information, please contact Monica Dalton-Speer at the National VA Council’s office ~ (540) 345-6301.