| Comment Number: | OL-10500996 |
| Received: | 2/23/2005 7:51:25 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:
“- Ability to offer more competitive, market-sensitive compensation” So NSPS would trade the stability of government jobs, which in itself is a recruitment tool, for the same compensation environment of the private sector? Current turnover rates in the private sector are less than five years, is this what we desire for the interest of National Security? “Annual performance pay increases” Longevity will not play a factor in NSPS! Longevity is what provides the experience and expertise to “get the job done right”. How can longevity not be part of how a person is reviewed for a pay increase? How will the government keep track of what the current market adjusted minimum and maximum should exist for each pay ‘band’? “Proposed system retains negotiated grievance procedures with arbitration; but excludes matters relating to pay, MRO actions, and ratings of record” Aren’t those the top 3 subjects that a union functions to protect individuals’ rights for? Or, put differently, those are the top 3 areas in which personal rights are abused and neglected; so, without a union grievance, how will individual rights be protected during those matters under NSPS?