| Comment Number: | OL-10501613 |
| Received: | 2/27/2005 1:33:59 PM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
Comments concerning - Federal Register: February 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 29) Proposed Rules: FR Document 05-2582/NSPS (National Security Personnel System) Page 7552: "NSPS aligns DoD's human resources management system with the Department's critical mission requirements and protects the civil service rights of its employees." What are the Department's critical mission? It is left undefined here and elsewhere. Why not modify existing structures with less expenditure in effort and cost? "Transformation is more than acquiring new equipment and embracing new technology--it is the process of working and managing creatively to achieve real results. To transform the way DoD achieves its mission, it must transform the way it leads and manages the people who develop, acquire, and maintain our Nation's defense capability. Those responsible for defense transformation--including DoD civilian employees--must anticipate the future and wherever possible help create it. The Department must seek to develop new capabilities to meet tomorrow's threats as well as those of today. NSPS is a key pillar in the Department of Defense's transformation--a new way to manage its civilian workforce. NSPS is essential to the Department's efforts to create an environment in which the total force, uniformed personnel and civilians, thinks and operates as one cohesive unit." What is the DoD mission? Why is it not defined? Why, if it is manangement's problems for not using the tools it currently possesses, are civilian DoD employees being punished?