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53 Section 6. In the event of a RIF, the affected BUE(s) will be provided the opportunity to review with the Employer their position in regard to the master retention registe r. The BUE may be accompanied by a Union representative if requested. Section 7. Affected BUEs shall be provided with at least sixty (60) days advance written notice before releasing them from their competitive level. Section 8. BUEs who have received a specific notice of separation will be counseled concerning their rights under applicable law, rule, and regulation, to include but not limited to the following programs: a. Priority Placement Program (PPP); b. Re - employment Priority List (R PL); c. Interagency Career Transition Plan (ICTAP); d. Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), as amended; e. Discontinued Service Retirement Program (DSRP); f. Priority Consideration List (PCL); g. Voluntary Separation In centive Pay (VSIP); h. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). Eligible BUEs will be registered in these programs and will be referred, in accordance with the provisions of each program, for placement in temporary and permanent positions for wh ich they qualify. Acceptance of temporary employment will not affect a BUEs right to be offered permanent employment. Furthermore, the Employer shall counsel those BUEs who have received a specific notice of change to lower grade about their rights under the priority placement program and shall register eligible BUEs in the program. If the RIF status of a BUE changes after the specific notice is issued, the BUE will be notified in writing, and the Union shall be provided a copy concurrent with this notif ication. Section 9. The Employer will insure job replacement programs are made available, to the maximum extent practicable, in accordance with Department of Defense policies and procedures to find BUE(s) in federal agencies, within or outside the commut ing area, for those RIF notified BUEs. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to find employment in other federal agencies, within the commuting area, for those BUEs separated in a RIF. The Employer shall also inform BUEs that are being separated regarding the services of state employment agencies. Section 10. In accordance with applicable law, rule, and regulation, BUEs in receipt of a RIF notice will have the right to review pertinent retention registers and applicable RIF regulations.

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