| Comment Number: | OL-10506528 |
| Received: | 3/11/2005 5:56:36 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:
Unfortunately there aren't enough details on how the system is to work to be able to tell where it will be fair or not and whether it will accomplish its intended goals or not. They seem to be implimenting a plan before having one created to put into effect. My big concern is that they are staring a new program before they have the needed details work out on how it will work. It is likley to cause major problems that will take some time to correct instead of being an improvment over the old system. Has the designers of this program looked into why this type of program was replaced in the first place and corrected those problems? What will happen if you get a superviser who is a poor superviser or plays favorite with the bonuses? What recoarse does the employee have if that individual has a grudge agianst you and is giving you poor evaluatons as payback? Or is manipulating the evaluations to favor an individual/individuals they preffer over a more qualified person. What options are going to be available to those who lose out to less qualified people is the new streamlined selection prosses that is coming out of this plan? A major problem with promotions with the current system is that is seem to be to arrbritary. Your rated score can vary 10 pionts or more on different submitions made to the same place for the same resume. Having the locality pay attached to the evaluation is not a good idea, particularly in high cost of living areas areas, that adjustment is very much needed for the employee's to survive in those areas. If the Department wants to get away form paying locality adjustments then they need to either provide affordable housing or increase the base pay to compensate for the lose is pay. A key ingredent to getting and keeping the best people is can they make a decent living in that area on what they are making.