| Comment Number: | OL-10501047 |
| Received: | 2/23/2005 11:00:44 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:
Its about time! The old program doesn't work well. However, in my opinion, you need to provide more oversight over supervisors and managers. Not just employees. I've worked for the Government for 31.5 years and have seen supervisors that lie frequently, have stolen from the Government through the transfer of government material to contractors for money and other material favors, discriminated completely against blacks, jews, catholics, women, veterans, male gender, and Hispanics (especially women). I've also seen where managers and supervisors received credit, plaques, recognition, and monetary awards for work on projects that wasn't theres', but they claimed the credit and didn't actually put in any input into the project at all. And, upper management awarded them with plaques, awards dinners, large bonuses, and their name was printed in government publications and public journals. I recommend that you create a new position (Employee Relations Management Officer) to be the oversight of managers and supervisors. In my long career with the government I've seen supervisors who called me a Jew and cursed at me with profanity and threaten to kill me everyday for a period of a year. And, I'm not even Jewish. My claims were even documented in some cases and upper management threaten with a firing. I've worked with supervisors whose professionalism and business like manner doesn't measure up as a competent employee for a supervisory position. The ERMO would not work for government agency management, but for the Office of Personnel Management and would have the power to have supervisors and managers removed from their jobs for illegal acts against employees and the government. NSPS needs to develop closer relations between the human resources office, manager, management, supervisors, and employees. I remember when the civilian personnel office was down the hall or on another floor, where the employee could go and discuss and file complaints between management or other employees. The human resources office has now gone to the other side of the Post or Base and doesn't really care what is going on in the workplace environment which effects both supervisors and management. That is why more good people who have decades of experience, knowledge, and training are retiring or leaving the government early. When I get fifty-five (55), I will not stay any time longer than I'm required to do. I will retire immediatelty and not accept nothing from my agency (no awards or nothing). They do not deserve my respect and I will not be honored by them for show. I know the work I did and the credit that was stolen from me by supervisors. They can shove it! I use to be in the contracting series (1102), DAWIA Level Three (3) certified in contracting, and a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and cannot get a position back in my series after working two years in another series. I cannot believe that after having over twenty years of experience in contracting (was a Contracting Officer twice), I can't get a job in contracting. Something is definitely wrong with the system. During my career, I have never seen so much prejudice in my life portrayed against me, either in their hiring practice or employment structure. The Government is going to lose a lot of baby-boomers (55 and above years old) due to its past employment and supervisory practices. The accountability you want to hold for employees must be held for supervisors and managers too. An ERMO officer should be able to hold yearly supervisory boards for managers and supervisors to inquire and determine if they are professional and competent employees and are trust worthy enough to be a supervisor and do not hold prejudices against employees, but characterize employees as workers who can accomplish project goals and objectives who are human beings and not animals or objects to be dealt with. Thank You! Daniel P. Carstens