27:0814(87)NG - AFGE Council 214 and Air Force, HQ Air Force Logistics Command, Wright- Patterson AFB, OH -- 1987 FLRAdec NG

 27 FLRA No. 87
 
 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
 EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, COUNCIL 214
 Union
 
 and
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE,
 HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE LOGISTICS
 COMMAND, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR
 FORCE BASE, OHIO
 Agency
 
                                            Case No. 0-NG-759
                                              21 FLRA No. 34
 
                            DECISION ON REMAND
 
                         I.  Statement of the Case
 
    This case is before the Authority pursuant to a remand from the
 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
 The question involved is whether a proposal interferes with the
 management right under section 7106(a)(1) to determine internal security
 practices.
 
                             II.  The Proposal
 
    All AFLC employees may be held pecuniarily liable for the loss,
 damage, or destruction of Air Force property when it results from gross
 negligence, willful misconduct, or deliberate unauthorized use.  If
 doubt exists, the individual is not held liable.  (Only the underscored
 language is in dispute.)
 
                             III.  Background
 
    This proposal would establish the standard to be used in determining
 whether an employee will be held "pecuniarily liable" for the loss,
 damage, or destruction of Air Force property.  In the previous decision
 in this case, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO,
 Council 214 and Department of the Air Force, Headquarters, Air Force
 Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 21 FLRA No. 34
 (1986), the Authority found that this proposal interfered with the
 Agency's right to determine its internal security practices.  In doing
 so, the Authority relied upon its decision in National Federation of
 Federal Employees, Local 29 and