European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes wednesday. Mareri 30.1988page2 j of putting new emphasis on officer Job Kerfont Cince by Chuck Vinci Washington Burean Washington the air Force will begin using a new officer evaluation system late this summer thai lop officials Hope will attack the problem of inflated scores and provide a More realistic appraisal of Job performance. Gen. Larry d. Welch air Force chief of Shaft outlined the system in a March 16 letter sent to All air Force officers i the Field. Welch said the officer Evi lion system has Ihrcke functions of to provide reliable feedback to officers on now Well they meet air foam expectations and How they can if love to pro vide a cumulative Ped Irmanee record Over a career Anco give promotion boards a Way to differentiate among offi cers on inc base ref performance. Over in vicars inflation in performance Rewer Singhas ended the Utility of the cur enl Oer officer evaluation re-por1 m Cadi of Hose functions Welch sat As a result factors such As t. Al military education Alvanet civilian schooling and a Perien behave gained More in Lwrence than they should in the pro Awon process Welc said. A. Tvs Nyht Kurtse other factors Are and be important performance Musluk Ihor Paramount Factor if we i quamily officer corps be officials with the air Force military personnel Center to Randolph fab Texas said Only evaluation reports de scribing an officer s duties and now Well be or she carried them Outwell be part of permanent record under her new sys tem. \ feedback to officer will no anger defiled As part of that Permanente Eood but will be Given directly to supervisors. Air Force on vials feel that will Lessen the tendency of raters to inflate performance scores. In addition promotion recommend Cere nations also will be removed from per manent records officials said. Recommendations instead will be mad through a separate process about two months before a promotion Board meet Sand will be Vised Only during current pro motion consideration period that a a significant change from i recurrent system in which an officer s pro motion potential is gauged annually whether or not there is a need to do so officials said. The current situation leads to grow ing uncertainly and confusion about what contribute null to becoming bes qualified for promotion Welch said. Our responsibilities to officers de Mand a program thai dears up the uncertainty and confusion. The revised Oes i carefully crafted to contribute the most to those objectives. Much attention has been devoted to employing safeguards id ensure that inc system is fair to All offi demos again fail to halt filibuster of Bill on toxic substance exposure Washington Jap Senate democrats failed again monday to end debate on a Bill that would require in government to notify 100,000 to workers a year that they risk cancer another disabling diseases from exposure 10 toxic substances on the Job. Senate majority Leader Robert , . Said a fourth attempt at ending what some proponents of the legislation have branded us a Republican filibuster was to be made tuesday. Two attempts last week failed. Unlike ending a filibuster passage of Abill requires Only a simple majority. The 41-44 vote monday to Cut off de Bate indicated thai Sens. Howard Metzenbaum a Ohio and Edward m. Ken Nedy a to. The chief Aulbon of in Bill had picked up Only slight support by exempting farm workers and companies with less than 100 full time employees. Metze Baura and Hatch mastered 33volrs Tut week for ending � threat by Sens. Orrin Hatch it Utah and Dan Quayle a and. To prolong the debate indefinitely and prevent the Senate fro moving on to other measures a few Southern Democrat and Liberal republicans who had voted with Hatch and Quayle last week voted with Mutzen Baum and Kennedy monday. The Bill would establish a panel of expert to identify the most hazardous sub stances in workplaces and the groups of employees most susceptible to disabling diseases became of exposure 10 National Institute of occupational safety and health would be require Dlo notify 100,000 u 300,000 of those Workun every year it an annual Cost ofs2s million. Employers then would be required 10 finance medical monitoring programs for them Al a Cost Tup to $250 each rally. If As a result of the monitoring a physician recommended transferring an employee to less hazardous work employer would have to nay the same tevet of wages and benefits to the worker in in new Job. In the even no other Job a re available the employee would be entitled to full wages and benefits for up to a year after leaving a Job. Arrest of spy suspects is termed serious felow1 to Eastern agencies Bonn a eleven people impeded Rebmann said 10 people were taken into of spying for uie soviet Union were seized custody wednesday an thursday As part of Typo Lucein West Germany and Switzerland v a nationwide crackdown against espionage r a in a crackdown that was to med a major Nar Geti the raids were carried out by 169 total of 24 tenure investigations the pros Al _. Ecu Toroid. He declined to say Bow marry of were addition my Juinio Are under Way u other Caplo nage suspects for a.4. A __t__.,_ a to blow u the soviet secret police. Interior minister Friedrich Zimmer Mann said monday the arrests showed that soviet bloc spy networks Are Redou bling undercover Stork in the West de spite improved superpower relations. West Germany s have dealt a serious blow to Eastern espionage agencies Zimmer Mann said in a statement. The Lane number of arrests confirm thai instead of refraining from activating agents in a time of political detente be tween East and West the East bloc ii intensifying the illegal activities of its operatives he added. Security sources said the arrests we remade during a i cries of police raids last week. Federal prosecutor Kurt rcom Andraid icy Mark an important pen oration of the cd spy network in was Germany. A foreign Engineer living in Zurich. Switz Erland was arrested wednesday on a lip from Wea Germany Swiss prosecutor said. They did not disclose his name or nationality but Aid they had launched a Crimi Nal investigation into his activities. Pfc officers in 3 locations or Bonann the said is of the 10 a Ken into Cui Udy remained jail monday and that invest Ita Lions Ore continuing against the four who army Nobles Soldier who died Wurzburg. West Dennany the3rd inf Chi monday release Tuic name of flip Soldier who died . 4 Darren r. Wooden owie 3rd my co died Al 6 45 . Sunday while undergoing surgery for Stab wounds Jie received during an argument outside Are Likely to Reutt a said those in custody include two teachers three engineers and a business Man All of whom Art suspected of work ing for the Kab. Three Are soviet Emi Gres living in West Germany. One suspect businessman Helmut Stefan Kolasch is believed to have worked far the Kab since 1971. Reb Quinn said. Kobsch 44, allegedly gave the Kab technological secrets about nato s Tornado and Jaeger warplanes while working for firms dealing with the aircraft he said Rebmann identified the other jailed suspects As Peter Fries 33, an Engi Neer George Bender 37, aug an Engi Neer Shimon or 48, a teacher Edmund. Neufert 37 Teil fact another Wurzburg disco Woodson was 11. No charges had been filed monday slip Sacoto Lubian eng insect was id ii against a Soldier who was being held in a a Rebmann Only As . Custody in connection with the slab. Prosecutor said All six were living big a division spokesman said. J n we is survived by his parents Rebmann said or reported to the Charles and Vema Woodson of Rock Ifie Kab on Tatj own life and . None or the suspected spies apparently a memorial service will be held Al 1 knew one another and were operating . Thursday in Leighton Chapel. Virtually the prosecutor told reporters. 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