| Comment Number: | OL-10506586 |
| Received: | 3/12/2005 12:20:33 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:
NSPS was not developed in collaberation with the unions, as required by law. Job qualifications,requirements and duties are not defined.Pay ranges,schedules,bands and career groups are not defined.Annual pay increases provided by Congress/President to federal workers is eliminated.NSPS is not a legitimate pay for performance system. A managers decision on an employees pay(increase or decrease) cannot be appealed.DoD will have total flexibility to lay off employees at will, eliminating current reduction in force procedures. My biggest concern is veterans preference in RIF is minimized and is considered secondary to product line, work group,type of work performed. Employees may be deployed overseas including combat areas at any time with little advanced without appeal and may lead to dismissal.NSPS legalizes age discrimination by trivializing an employees entire career when considering RIF decisions. Due process rights of employees are severly restricted by decreasing the notice of adverse action to 15 days. And 5 days for any alleged offense. Representational rights of employees are unjustly compromised. All current collective bargaining agreements that conflict in any way with NSPS are nullified. DoD decides which subjects are appropiate for collective bargaining and which unions it may choose to negotiate with. DoD can refuse an emplyees request for representation at DoD's sole descretion. Fact, NSPS will cost billions of defense dollars to implement, dollars that are desperately needed to support our troops in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. NSPS will destabilize the defense department's civilian workforce which will weaken the war effort. Civilian workers are the backbone of the Department of Defense and they are vital to the success of our nations defenses. Please Sop NSPS its costly, it's dangerous and it's not for America