| Comment Number: | OL-10503011 |
| Received: | 3/3/2005 5:57:27 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:
Why radically change the system? Only key portions of the Civil Service Personnel system needs to be addressed. One: Yes, hiring and firing should be easier for supervisors. There should be a short list of offenses that a supervisor can imediately send a person home on; such as sabotage/vandalism, willfull safety misconduct, violence or threats there of, theft, refusing to do work, etc. And If a person is resonably qualified to do the job then that person should be considered for employment. Pay does not need to be changed if you can fire them fairly quickly for poor performance. Above else, there has to be oversite of adverse personnel actions--the government is full of unfair practises and it need not get eaisier. Two: My personal opionion is that Civil Service should be Veteran only, but I know that would be unreasonable. At the very least Vets should have preferential consideration thoughout their government employment. This is the very least a gratefull nation can do to say thank you. Under NSPS it looks like the intent is to gut this benifit. Three: Job discriptions can be short and direct; if the job has potential deployability it should say so. Also, if you expect a civilian to deploy you should be willing to pay that person accordingly. Four: The government has been in dream land a long time if they expect to recruit doctors and nurses for the pay they offer. Pay them what they're worth. Five: The CPO system has turned into a huge lumbering inificent monster gobbling up time and resourses. Under Title V CPO should be protecting the employee but they are percieved as the enemy of the Civil Servant. Ask anyone how successful they have been dealing with government personnel office and 3 out of 4 will reply in the negative. Fix it, it's broke! Six: Loyalty has to move both directions. The government wants loyalty from its work force but more offten or not won't respond in kind. Time and time again the perception is that we are not assets in national security rather a liability. Most Civil Servants would work 24/7 when called upon and have spent their entire adult lives in service of our country and wouldn't have it any other way for any amount of money.