| Comment Number: | OL-10500988 |
| Received: | 2/23/2005 7:47:37 AM |
| 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:
"-Hiring is too slow; adversely affects our ability to attract and retain high quality talent" How exactly is NSPS going to address these problems? I don't currently see any problem getting new talent at the Detroit Arsenal in Michigan, where new employees are being brought on board weekly. The problem with attracting and retaining high quality talent in the government is related to pay and widespread knowledge. Pay in the government is significantly less than the private sector, and jobs available in the federal government are not widely publicized. My interpretation of proposed NSPS regulations allows for some pay flexibility, but only allows for current overall budget allowance for the overall pay pool...no increase in overall budget allowance for federal worker salary is provisioned for, and therefore will not occur.