| Comment Number: | OL-10503357 |
| Received: | 3/5/2005 8:43:28 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:
Staffing and Employment The most unnerving aspect of this subpart is section 9901.512. It would allow DOD to establish probationary periods of any length and to “prescribe the conditions for such periods. . .” Together with section 9901.516, it would enable DOD to establish a new kind of probationary period: the “in-service” probationary period, which could be applied to any promotion or reassignment. An employee who does not successfully complete an “in-service” probationary period would be returned to a position and rate of pay comparable to what he held before the probationary period.