| Comment Number: | OL-10505819 |
| Received: | 3/11/2005 8:39:54 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 want to express my concerns about changes to work rules in the DOD. I have worked for DOD for 25 years. I believe a majority of DOD employees work hard and are committed. When needed, we can deploy troops in a matter of hours to every part of the world. The question to you is "Why are you changing a system that "doesn't need fixing". You are going to spend our tax dollars to change the way workers are paid, evaluated, promoted, fired, scheduled and treated. The system would definitely create a system in which federal managers are influenced by favoritism (which already exists) in our work force. With nearly 50% of the current workforce eligible for retirement, now is not the time to change a system that has been working for decades and employees have been satisfied with. Pay - It is wrong to have a worker's salary almost completely dependent on personal judgment of his/her manager. There is no guarantee that even the best workers will receive a pay raise or that the pay will be fair. We don't need workers in a system where they are competing with each other for pay raises. The teamwork concept will definitely deteriorate in the workplace. Schedules - The current system has a schedule system that works well and is fair for all employees. I do not want my manager making my work schedule and changing it whenever she/he wants. Civilian Deployment - As a 55 year woman, I don't feel I am prepared to go all over the world, even into a war zone, with little or no notice. I signed up for a civilian position, not enlist in the military. There is nothing wrong with the volunteer system. Lastly, if Congress says this system is so good, then they should apply it for themselves. Congress is always trying to fix something that is not broken. There are other issues Congress needs to fix; social security, health care, environment, oil prices, etc. In my opinion, the NSPS proposed regulations must be dismissed, reworked or totally thrown out. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 system does not need to be trashed but improved.