| Comment Number: | OL-10501232 |
| Received: | 2/24/2005 11:36:51 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:
Yes I have just finished reading the following: The proposed NSPS pay system includes a locality-based component of pay called a "local market supplement" in addition to an employee's basic pay. The local market supplement will be based on market conditions related to geographical and occupational factors, and may differ from one occupation to another in a given locality area. Upward adjustments to local market supplements will not be given to unacceptable performers. " That's all fine and good that locality will not be given to unacceptable perfomers as it has been under Acquisition Demo. However, to say that one occupation compared to another will be given more or less locality within the same area is totally unacceptable. I'm assuming that this all relates to the Science and Engineering occupations. Retention of engineers is commensurate with their higher pay scale, so how can you say that they'll be given more locality than an administration person or any other occupation for that matter when we all have to live and work in the same area and pay the same taxes, utilities, insurance etc. This is unfair, unjust and truly unacceptable.