| Comment Number: | OL-10504005 |
| Received: | 3/8/2005 10:23:05 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:
I am concerned about some of the changes to work rules for the proposed Department of Defense (DoD )National Security Personnel System (NSPS). Annual Pay Raises Under the General Schedule and FWS, employee pay was clear. It was funded by Congress and could not be taken away. However, NSPS will take away this certainty. Salaries and bonuses are funded by DoD. In the past – as recently as just last year – DoD did not fund its awards program. Given the agency’s miserable record on this issue, how can employees feel confident that your salaries and bonuses will be funded in the future? In the Federal Aviation Administration, many employees have not had a pay increase in two years because the pay schedule did not increase. While the GS system went up by over 7% in the last two years, they got no increase. Pay System With the new “pay for performance” system, the amount of a worker's salary will depend almost completely on the personal judgment of his or her manager and the managers above your supervisor can change ratings if they wish. There is no guarantee that even the best workers will receive a pay raise or that the pay offered will be fair or competitive. This system will create a situation in which workers are in conflict with one another and afraid to speak out about harassment, violations of the law, and workplace safety problems. Furthermore, if there is a problem, you won’t be given a fair appeal process to challenge the performance and pay decisions.