Letters to the Editor
Crying foul over SSA classifications
There's a nice article on Page 30 of your July 23 issue about the Social
Security Administration developing IT talent ["A hands-on approach to developing talent"].
But are you also aware that area systems coordinators (the ones that
maintain hardware and software for Social Security field offices) are being
denied the GS-334/2210 classification?
And are you aware that this classification IS being given to central
office and regional office staff members who are not directly involved in
information technology?
Apparently, "don't forget who brung you to the dance" is a lesson that
SSA administrators never learned.
Name withheld by request
DFAS leads in e-pay stubs
In The Circuit, dated July 9, you have an item titled "Goodbye, Paper Trail." In it, you state that the National Finance Center
in New Orleans will be issuing pay stubs electronically.
Just to inform you, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service has been
doing just that for over a year.
Name withheld by request