ARTICLE 4
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
SECTION 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the authority of management:
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a. To determine the mission, budget, organization, number of employees, and internal security practices of the agency;
b. To hire, assign, direct, layoff, and retain employees in the agency, or to suspend, remove, reduce in grade, or pay, or take disciplinary action against such employees;
c. To assign work, to make determinations with respect to contracting out, and to determine the personnel by which agency operations shall be conducted;
d. With respect to filling positions, to make selections for appointments from -
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(1) among properly ranked and certified candidates for promotion; or
(2) any other appropriate source;
e. To take whatever actions may be necessary to carry out the agency mission during emergencies;
f. To determine the numbers, types, and grades of employees or positions assigned to any organizational subdivision, work project, tour of duty, or the technology, methods and means of performing work.
SECTION 2. It is agreed that in making rules and regulations relating to conditions of employment, Management will give due regard and consideration to the obligation imposed by this Agreement, in accordance with 5 USC Section 7101.
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