| Comment Number: | OL-10502747 |
| Received: | 3/2/2005 6:10:08 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:
When disciplinary actions are appealed to either the Merit Systems Protection Board or an arbitrator, neither would be able to substitute a lesser penalty unless the penalty was “wholly unjustifiable” – a standard some consider impossible to overcome. I also object to the system’s inclusion of mandatory removal offenses, which require the termination of the alleged offender’s employment for most offenses.