| Comment Number: | EM-022859 |
| Received: | 3/17/2005 4:46:05 AM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
March 17, 2005 DoD NSPS Comments , DoD NSPS Comments: The NSPS proposed rule reads like a bad horror novel! It?s truly terrifying, but devoid of all meaningful detail. DoD Civilian Employees are the victims, who are stripped naked of Union protection and job security; then forced to watch the slashing of their wages by NSPS; a dark force, whose true destructive magnitude remains a mystery for now, due to overly repetitive use of the insidious phrase, ?DoD will issue implementing issuances?. It seems all the important details of NSPS will remain a mystery until NSPS is implemented ? and the REAL horror begins. But NSPS isn?t really about bad literature. It is, in part, about bad news for taxpayers. A ?Pay for Performance? system anywhere in government is bad news for taxpayers. The first allegiance of all government employees must be to the taxpayers and the protection of taxpayer dollars. Under the NSPS ?Pay for Performance? system, the first allegiance is more likely to be to the supervisor who determines the salary of the employee. Not all people are created ?ethically? equal. So what happens when the employee must choose between the protection of taxpayers and the personal agenda of the supervisor? This type of dilemma is a daily occurrence in federal jobs dealing with law, policy, appropriations, procurements, and many other subjective areas. Under the current pay system, an employee can freely choose the taxpayer over the supervisor, and still have the guarantee of the next step increase and cost of living adjustment. Perhaps ?Pay for Performance? works in the private sector, but it has no place in government. The principles of NSPS would turn ?Public Service? into ?Big Business?, where money drives the train and ethics takes a back seat. Sincerely,