| Comment Number: | OL-10502466 |
| Received: | 3/2/2005 9:17:16 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:
(Primarily military) Leadership did not take responsibility in using the current system; otherwise it would have worked for them. They shrug it off as being a "civilian" problem, verses learning anything about it and using the tools available to them to fix problems. For the same reason, this new system will fail to do what it's supposed to do. If the NSPS is so good, why haven't the military services moved to implement it in their military rank and structure? The NSPS really opens up the "good ole boy" networks more than the old system would have allowed. As a female working in, and for, the Army for 26 years, I have seen this time-and-again at the GS-12 and above level. Things magically happen (promotions, hirings) and not for the right reasons. The new system is definitely more personality driven, and I admit it scares me because I'm a middle-aged woman in a male dominant environment. I'd like to think gender and age didn't matter, but I know it does. Too, NSPS doesn't recognize that when people get older they cannot maintain the same level of energy (and enthusiasm) that they had when they were in their 20s, 30s and 40s. In the current system, step increases recognize the value of good employees no matter their age. I want to believe the NSPS will help us; I just don't see it happening. Instead of 'fixing' the civil service and saving money, I see the DOD spending billions in NSPS research, setup, training and lawsuits. And the same problems will still occur because leadership will not claim responsibility and be held accountable.