Question:
Although the data collection period does not
begin until the fall of 2014, can all staff start entering time on June
16, 2014?
Answer:
Technically, yes. However, whether all staff
keep time now is left up to the discretion of the Defender or Executive
Director in your office. It is not required by the Work Measurement Study.
Generally, the Work Measurement Study has two
phases. Beginning June 16, 2014, current timekeepers (attorneys,
investigators, paralegals, translators, and some CSAs and ACSA's) will continue
to keep time but will make the switch to timekeeping using the new defenderData
task codes.
For the fall 2014 data collection period, every
employee in the Federal Defender Organization will keep time in the
newly-configured defenderData.
Whether non-traditional timekeepers (legal
assistants, receptionists, AdO's, etc.) start keeping time now is at the
discretion of the Defender or Executive Director. It is not, however, required
by the Work Measurement Study.
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