| Comment Number: | EM-017598 |
| Received: | 3/13/2005 2:04:41 PM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
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Comments:
March 13, 2005 DoD NSPS Comments , DoD NSPS Comments: In over 20 years of government service I have seen many abuses of the civil services system by both mananagers and employee alike. There are enough rules and regulations in effect today to properly manage the current merit promotion system but, there is no merit promotion within DoD. There is only favoritism, nepotism and opportunism. It is, I like you, I don't like you and who can I do dirty to get over on them and ruin their careers. It has become a vary parasitic relationship between the privileged employees and their supervisors and higher-ups. Giving management more latitude to pick and chose will only lead to even greater abuses. Many supervisory personnel can be down right vile and vindictive. This is because they rule by intimidation for they themselves are not qualified for the position of responsibility they hold. These people and the hierarchy that supports them is made up of individuals who have never done the work. They have been to school performed a couple of actions in their career field but not enough to know how the work is actually done or how to use automated data basis to analyze and manage all of their resources, personnel, materials and logistics. There is a clerical mentality that prevents them from working effectively with their employees that has created an ever increasing hierarchy based on complexity. Raining down specificity on the DoD workforce stratifying the workforce making it ineffectual. This should be evident by all of the problems experienced since 911 and Iraqi Freedom. Giving these people even more power over the life and death of government employee career will only serve to exacerbate the problems between personnel and management. Which, will only lead to even more logistical problems that can only be met by pouring even more money on the problems of DoD in an effort to full fill their mission functions. Throughout DoD management has failed to manage their employees properly. Creating an even more unwieldy bureaucracy. The government employee is DoDs most valuable resource, the best bang for the buck, if properly managed. Many managers are now getting six figure salaries at employee expense. An contracting out is not correcting the problem or saving any money either. Many military and civilian personnel are retiring and going on contractor payrolls with six figure salaries also. So they are not interested in the welfare of the government employee and their families. So going to this NSPS employee system will only lead to more problems and abuses. Sincerely,