Section 1. Agency directives shall be maintained and/or available electronically at all air traffic facilities. Access to Agency directives shall be made available during normal administrative office hours for use by unit employees.
After normal administrative hours, the Agency shall make every reasonable effort to make access to such information available to the Principal Facility Representative or his/her designee. When the facility has printing/copying equipment, the Union shall have the right to print/copy such material for representational purposes at no cost to the Union.
Section 2. The National and Regional Offices of the Union shall remain on the Washington distribution lists for future issuances of all FAA orders, notices, and directives which relate to personnel policies, practices, and working conditions of employees in the bargaining unit (e.g. Human Resource Policy Manuals, Human Resource Operating Instructions).
Section 3. The Agency shall make all FAA orders, notices, and directives (e.g. Human Resource Policy Manuals, Human Resource Operating Instructions) accessible online to the Union, including the Union’s National Office staff. If unavailable online, the Agency shall provide the information in an electronic format or in hard copy form. There will be no restrictions on the Union's ability to copy and distribute this information, at its own expense, to any and all of its representatives.