| Comment Number: | OL-10501624 |
| Received: | 2/27/2005 1:45:14 PM |
| 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:
Comments concerning - Federal Register: February 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 29) Proposed Rules: FR Document 05-2582/NSPS (National Security Personnel System) Page 7561: "The current performance management system is burdensome because of its actual and/or perceived inflexibility and strict adherence to written elements and standards established at the beginning of a rating cycle. Supervisors feel restricted in making any mid-course corrections or modifications to a performance plan, resulting in a final assessment that does not meet their needs. These static standards make it difficult for managers to adjust performance requirements and expectations in response to the Department's rapidly changing work environment, hold individual employees accountable for those general and/or assignment-specific work requirements and expectations, and make meaningful distinctions in employee performance as they accomplish those assignments. The proposed regulations are designed to address these deficiencies." This is another unproven assertion. This flexibility already exists under current statutes and regulations. "The proposed system builds in the flexibility to modify, amend, and change performance and behavioral expectations during the course of a performance year, subject to employees being advised of, and involved in to the maximum feasible extent, the adjusted expectations. " Again, as above, this exists already. Mid-year review and counseling are part of the current system.