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USE OF OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES LINES
Section 1. Authorized Use of Long Distance Telephone
Services
a. Telephone calls placed over Government-provided and
commercial long distance systems that will be paid for or reimbursed by the
Government, shall be used to conduct official business only.
b. Use of any Government system or service, or any other telephone service,
where the Government pays the cost of the long distance call, for other than
official business, except emergency calls and calls the agency determines
are necessary in the interest of the Government is strictly prohibited.
c. Official business calls may include emergency calls and other calls the
agency determines are necessary in the interest of the Government. Telephone
calls may properly be authorized when they--
1. Do not adversely affect the performance of official
duties by the employee or the employee's organization;
2. Are of reasonable duration and frequency; and
3. Could not reasonably have been made at another time.
d. The Employer agrees that the following examples of
unofficial calls are necessary in the interest of the Government.
1. A call to family or doctor if an employee is injured
on the job.
2. A call to notify family of a schedule change when an employee traveling
on Government business is delayed due to official business or travel
delay.
3. The cost of a telephone call not to exceed $3 on two separate days in a
7 day period while in a travel status, although FAA will not pay for a
call on the day you return to your official status.
4. A call to notify family or to make alternate transportation or child
care arrangements if the employee is required to work overtime without
advance notice.
5. In an urgent or emergency situation, a call to the employee�s spouse or
minor children (or those responsible for them, e.g., school or day care
center) is authorized.
6. The Employer shall also accept collect calls from employees engaged in
Liaison and Familiarization training when they have been bumped from a
flight.
7. The Employer agrees to accept collect calls from an employee in
specific instances where that employee has been directed to call the
facility by the employer.
Section 2. In accordance with government wide
regulations, and unless stipulated above, all other unofficial and/or personal
calls that must be made during working hours may be made over the commercial
long distance network if consistent with the criteria in Section 2c. and are:
a. Charged to the employee's home phone number or other
non-Government number (third-number call);
b. Made to an 800 toll-free number;
c. Charged to the called party if a non-Government number (collect call); or
d. Charged to a personal telephone credit card.
Such call would be those such as a brief daily call of a
non-emergency nature to spouse or minor children (or those responsible for
them, e.g., school or day care center).
A brief daily call to locations that can be reached only during working hours,
such as a local government agency or physician.
A brief call to arrange for emergency repairs to his/her residence or
automobile.
Section 3. Agencies shall collect for any unauthorized calls if it is
cost-effective to do so. Reimbursing the Government for unauthorized calls
does not exempt an employee from appropriate administrative, civil, or
criminal action.
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