| Comment Number: | OL-10505636 |
| Received: | 3/10/2005 8:48:51 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:
a. Docket # NSPS 2005-001 b. RIN- 3206 AK76 Subpart A- General Provisions 9901.101--- I believe this new system will dramatically reduce employee protections, force people to move, deploy, interfere with Reserve responsibilities, eliminate annual pay increases and base performance eval solely on local supervisors/managers. I am a GS-11 employee at step 9. In the last 5 years, I have been civilian of the Q 3 times for squadron and group and Civilian of the Year for Group and competed Base-wide 1year. I have received personal and team awards base-wide and on state and MAJCOM level 3 times. I have received monetary awards, and have been step promoted. I am also a Reservist and have received recognition in two MAJCOMS and have the award Air Force wide (2000). I believe that civilians are hard working and the current system is fair and just with deserving individuals being awarded. Even though I continue to hear how civilians are lazy, over paid, and do not earn their keep. Your new system will allow supervisors/managers to greatly reduce compensation to employees paying lower salaries, ending step increases, paying “market value” over what is probably the most equitable and fair system in the country. Knowing a great many individuals will be retiring in the next 5 years and planning on lowering pay, reducing bonuses, limiting advances and paying market value the government is not considering all that goes in to what a federal employee must know to perform their duties. Employees must have an understanding of military culture, customs and needs and finding civilians to work for lower wages, in poorer conditions, based on short range thinking will ultimately diminish the quality of the civilian work force. The real reason for pay banding is to slash salaries and pay. I believe this new system is heinous and tries to hide the draconian measures and Hitler tactics, by allowing a few appointed officials to destroy a fair and just system that is currently in place. Red flags went up when Rumsfeld went to Congress and warned he couldn't continue to fight the war with the current civilian pay system in place. Overnight, we began to see our rights widdled away, less union protection, less pay, fewer opportunities to advance, more opportunities for abuse and fraud, unfair labor practices, and a proposed system that is far worse than what we have now.