| Comment Number: | OL-10505818 |
| Received: | 3/11/2005 8:39:34 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:
1. This whole concept is unbelievable. The buddy system will rule and a bunch of "yes"people will evolve because that will be the only way to get a good performance appraisal, and thus money, promotions, etc. 2. I don't know what part Rumsfeld played in the development of this joke, but it seems to follow his method of operation. Witness the planning of the number of personnel, adequate armored equipment, etc. for the war in Iraq, eventhough all of this was pointed out by people who are more qualified to plan and execute a war. 3. All of the high sounding terms and acronyms are comparable to an air spray to cover a bad odor. No matter how much you spray, it still stinks, and lowly me, predicts that it will probably be the straw that breaks the Corps of Engineers back, after P2, A76, and all these other programs that some high thinking General has planned as his legacy to his career. It also seems that privatization benefits the ex-Generals that develope them more than it improves the operation of the Government. 4. When I first came to civilian service with the government, I was so proud of my organization. We had capabilities to accomplish any mission anywhere, and do an excellent job of it. Over the years, I have watched Generals and Congress chip away by applying programs without fully understanding the application to an operation and watched incompetent management in the upper echlons try to establish some method of operation which they can understand, because they never understood the previous operation they were promoted from, just to get rid of them. The "screw up move up" hypothesis is alive and well and has finally put the "screw ups" in positions of dictating methods of operation which filters down to the personnel who have always done a good job, and now have to adapt to a new, in some cases, totally ridiculous operating procedure which is understood by a few and solidifies their career because they have now become important in that they are the only people who can explain the stupidity they have generated, thus making them very important to the organization for maybe the first time in their career. 5. I realize many people will not even read this and call it "disgruntled". But I assure you, if you think about the whole process, most of you will agree with it. 6. I also realize that there should be a simple way to eliminate incapable employees, without promoting them. This should be solvable without wrecking the whole Government, which incidently, was never intended to compete with private industry. Someone has also lost sight of this. 7. I am retiring shortly and am thankful that I am getting out before the implementation of this dastardly act. I just feel sorry for all of my associates who must try to continue to do a good job under ever increasing obstacles.