| Comment Number: | EM-022881 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 11:09:46 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 16, 2005 DoD NSPS Comments , DoD NSPS Comments: I write to express my concerns about changes to work rules in the Department of Defense (DoD). The proposed regulations, known as the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), were printed in the Federal Register on February 14, 2005. This message will be sent to both DoD and my representatives in Congress. If AFGE and all of the DOD people I speak with are concerned about this, then they can't all be wrong. I am in total support of their position against this proposed regulation. The mere title offends me. By calling it "Pay for Performance" and indicating it is a new concept implies that the old way of rating us slug Federal employees was not based on Performance. This is in fact not true. We have always been rated on performance. One could not receive their promotions or pay raises without performing satisfactorily. However, manager's still found a way to screw over innocent employees if they didn't like them but they could only go so far. This new system is obviously an attempt to open that door wider and I fear the abuse by manager's. It is the people who have gotten the work done not the manager's despite what they think. I suspect that will continue no matter what is thrown in their way. However, I would suggest we move to a system that gets management out of the way of the employee and let's them get the job done. Micro-Managing has been proven to not work. This system apparently attempts to takes us back to the days when the thinking was the manager is who gets things done and without them no employee would accomplish a thing. I find this offensive and a slap in the face. Most manager's don't even know what is going as much as their employees so they are unable to provide the necessary leadership nor do they care to. So, I urge you to force DoD to rethink this proposal. We need work rules that preserve fairness, serve the American people, and respect the rights of all federal workers. This may be affecting DOD for now, but it is usually an indicator of what is coming down the pike for Civilian workers as well. If this is in the interest of the workforce, then why not work with the Unions for an acceptable win-win solution. Due to the attempt to shove this through under Security Personnel System, I can only assume this is because it is so undesireable from an employee standpoint that no one would be able to agree to it. The Government needs to be an example of good employment practices. It use to be. What is happening? Sincerely,