| Comment Number: | OL-10504024 |
| Received: | 3/8/2005 10:55:40 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:
General Comment: If a civil servant is deployed to a war zone, will they then be considered a “veteran”? If the military folks in the arena receive a medal or ribbon that signifies their existence in an area of the world that was in danger, then why wouldn’t the civil servant in the area be treated equally? Will the civil servant in the area be given a tax break? The military pay in a war zone is not taxed (I think the first $5600 a month is tax free); will the civil servant receive the same benefit? Currently, the civil servant does not realize either of these benefits.