TO:

RE:  SYSTEMS ACCESS / PENALTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT

I decline to sign the acknowledgement of “Agency Policy for Systems Access, Table of Penalties for Violations”.  My reasons for refusing to sign include but are not limited to:

1.  The acknowledgement violates my due process rights by forcing me to agree in advance to certain penalties even though I have done nothing wrong.

2.  The Table of Penalties violates Article 23 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.  This Article deals with progressive discipline allowing for oral warnings and written reprimand BEFORE a suspension is imposed on any employee.

3.  SSA is asking me to acknowledge certain laws, regulations and OMB circulars without providing me with copies and the duty time to familiarize myself with them.

4.  It is unclear to me which relationships the Agency could deem “unauthorized.”

Please place a copy of this in my SF 7B file.

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Employee

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Date Submitted