| Comment Number: | EM-022999 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 1:34:35 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. The most serious problem with the proposed system is the very general and sketchy presentation. There are very few details which state how the system will work and what is built in to protect employees. Supervisors are given very great authority and discression about evaluating employees which translates into actual payment for workers. Many supervisors have biases and treat employees unevenly. This new system has defined almost no protection for employees against this bias. The system with few predetermined guidelines and defined procedures can easily be abused to favor one employee over another. This can have a serious negative impact on employee morale and committment to the job, organization, or government. Good employees are less likely to put up with this negative environment and look for work in the private sector. The result of course is the general downgrading of the workforce. If the intent of this new system is to duplicate the private sector to improve the productivity of the work force then it is very wide of the mark. In the private sector supervisors do not have the authority and freedom of control over employees which the proposed NSPS presents. Sincerely,