Comment Number: OL-10500201
Received: 2/15/2005 2:39:35 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:

I am concerned about the pay/compenstion section. First who determines what level I need to perform at to be "acceptable" to my supervisor? What recourse do I have if I feel I am not being fairly rated? Will my pay as a firefighter become more aligned with the agencies outside the gate? In the Classification section I also have questions. "More flexibility to assign employess new or different work" What does this mean? Can I be assigned a new job without choice? "Lengthy detailed job descriptions no longer needed." So how am I to know the range of my duties? Sounds like a way to assign me whatever suits the supervisor regardless of what I hired on to do. Labor/relations.... It is stripping the entire process of working between labor and management to come up with a WORKABLE solution to problems. In my opinion Labor relations will not exist under that policy. It appears to allow no negotiations of any kind except at the convience of the government. I do however think the hiring/staffing system needs overhauled and the topics there seem to be in line with what is needed. I feel the NSPS system is another way to take advantage of the federal worker and will drive people to seek other employement not retain workers.