| Comment Number: | EM-023215 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 8:13:46 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: http://capwiz.com/afge/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=6985386 Comments on the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) Comments on Proposed NSPS Regulations--RIN 3206-AK76/0790-AH82 COMMENT POINTS: March 16, 2005 1. Emulate a "Volunteer" version of the Military Personnel System. 2. Do away with turf-serving "Area of Consideration" restrictions. 3. Make pay allowances for multiple skills. 4. Concern for extreme supervisory discretion in employee pay. 5. Use only "VOLUNTARY" Civilian Deployment. SUMMARY: 1. NSPS should look no further than its own back yard to model an efficient personnel system. Emulate a "Volunteer" version of the Military Personnel System, where the skills of each individual are routinely reassessed and quantified. Based on this holistic personnel approach, offer the opportunity to all qualified individuals to be included in the names referred for selection of every government job. This will help pull the best individuals in from private industry, and allow the best Government employees to advance. Emulating a near Military Personnel System with emphasis on the "volunteer" aspect, we would be retracing the steps that made America great in the first place. 2. Do away with turf-serving "Area of Consideration" restrictions found in most Personnel Job Announcements. Let the best do what they do best where it is best needed. 3. Make pay allowances for multiple skills, even is used only as a backup, and you will find that personal growth will mushroom, making America strong by promoting stronger individuals. 4. Concern for extreme supervisory discretion of employee pay. I am concern and protest the affectionately called, ?Friend of the Supervisor? Pay System", and see it fraught with pitfalls, in need of many more checks, balances and independent redress. If implemented, such a system will set Americans back to the dark ages of human rights. If you thought the United Nations debacle in Africa with the "food for sex" scandal was bad, this will be even worse, more-wide spread, and involve more people. 5. Use only "VOLUNTARY" Civilian Deployment. WARNING: If NSPS attempts involuntary deployment of civilians, the NSPA system will destroy it's self, because it violates more regulations than congress has named in its exceptions. Endless litigation will ensue, crippling the NSPS system. CREDENCIALS: I am personally very knowledgeable if the issues regarding Civilian Deployment, since I am one of the primary analysts involved with determining that the repeated attempts by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to advance forced civilian deployment of DLA Contingency Support Teams (DCST) was illegal and impractical because it created more problems than it resolved. Based on my analysis, and response to DLA Management, representing AFGE Council 169 at the time, attempts to push involuntary deployment of civilians to war zones was dropped, and the agency adopted a more reasonable "volunteer" basis for meeting it's commitments. OTHER CREDENTIALS: (1) Private American Citizen (50+Yrs), (2) Advocate for Justice, Freedom, and Traditional American Values (40+Yrs), (3) Loyal Public Servant [Gov. Contracting Officer & former Analyst] (20+Yrs), (4) Volunteer Labor Analyst (10+Yrs), (5) Former Elected National Labor Council Representative (6+Yrs). WILLING TO WORK: Though I no longer represent any union, nor any workers, I am still a government worker, and would be willing, if granted appropriate administrative leave from my chain of command, to participate in generating just, fair, legal agency proposals that would be palatable to DoD employees and their representatives. Sincerely, Sincerely,