| Comment Number: | OL-10505625 |
| Received: | 3/10/2005 8:25:06 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:
The proposed National Security Personnel System is onerous and should not be adopted. Most due process rights would go out the window with this system. Whistleblower protection would disappear allowing management waste, fraud and abuse to flourish. New ways of management retaliation for exposing pork laden military contracting will be emplaced ultimately depriving soldiers in need of equipment. The hen house would be guarded by the fox. The "pay for performance" system pits employees against each other as opposed to a measureable standard and allows managers to punish employees in their paychecks. Because DoD refused to consult with unions representing the department's employees before creating the NSPS, the entire act is in violation of section 9902(m) of the Defense Authorization Act for FY 2004 and in defiance of the U. S. Congress. With only Federal arbitrators being in charge of discipline appeals, a "kangaroo court" would be emplaced to administer discipline to Federal employees. Upper levels of the Pentagon hierarchy have recently been cited for lack of candor and accountability. The NSPS would only serve to intensify this by making management even less accountable for punishing any employee challenging wasteful, fraudulent and abusive management decisions. The rank and file DoD workers as well as the security of the nation are the losers if this NSPS system is approved. NSPS must be changed or abandoned to preserve our nation as we know it. There are many things wrong with our civil service system, but this is most definitely not the tool to fix it. NSPS compares to working on a Swiss watch with a hammer and a pair of vise grips. It will destroy the civil service. Sincerely, A concerned Civil Servant