13:0128(30)CU - Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic / Topographic Center, Providence Office, Brookside Avenue, West Warwick, RI, DOD and AFGE Local 1884 -- 1983 FLRAdec RP

 13 FLRA No. 30
 
 DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY
 HYDROGRAPHIC/TOPOGRAPHIC CENTER
 PROVIDENCE OFFICE, BROOKSIDE AVENUE
 WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND,
 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 Activity/Petitioner
 
 and
 
 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
 EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1884, AFL-CIO
 Labor Organization /1/
 
                                            Case No. 1-CU-20004
 
                    DECISION AND ORDER CLARIFYING UNIT
 
    Upon a petition duly filed with the Authority under section
 7111(b)(2) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute
 (the Statute), a hearing was held before a hearing officer of the
 Authority.  The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free
 from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
 
    Upon careful consideration of the entire record, including the
 parties' contentions, the Authority finds:  The American Federation of
 Government Employees, Local 1884, AFL-CIO (AFGE) was recognized on July
 23, 1962 as the exclusive representative for a unit of all
 nonsupervisory employees of the Defense Mapping Agency,
 Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Providence Field Office.  In its
 petition, the Activity/Petitioner seeks to exclude the incumbents in the
 job classifications of Security Specialist (General), GS-080-11, PN37016
 and Security Assistant, GS-080-07, PN37152 from the recognized unit on
 the ground that they are engaged in national security work or, in the
 alternative, because they are engaged in personnel work in other than a
 purely clerical capacity.  Additionally, the Activity/Petitioner
 contends that the Security Specialist (General) should be excluded
 because he is a supervisor.  /2/
 
    The Activity/Petitioner primarily argues that the two incumb