| Comment Number: | OL-10506772 |
| Received: | 3/12/2005 11:01:22 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:
NSPS can be argued both ways all day long and the issue could never be resolved to everyone's satisfactory. Reading the fine print of NSPS there are several things that should concern Federal Employees. it appears obvious that the NSPS is set up for the downfall of the Union as it strickly specifies what the Union can and cannot fight and appeal. Under the NSPS the Union loses its voice and effectiveness. Furthermore, has anyone paid attention to the way the NSPS will affect Federal Employees financially? The NSPS says it will do away with our annual cost of living allowance. So, as the cost of living expenses increases from year to year, Federal Employees will have to suck it up on their own from now on. The merit/evaluation system is another term for the good 'ol boy system, meaning that if you kiss up to your supervisor then you get a pay raise but if not then sorry about your luck. I truly feel that the NSPS is a very bad thing. Our current system has worked for many years and the NSPS takes all the perks out of being a Federal Employee (via step increases, cost of living increases, etc). I am not against our government putting money into Iraq to help rebuild the country but when the finances to do that come from our government taking money from its own employees, then I have to draw the line. After all, is this the United States of Iraq or the USA? Isn't that like "robbing Peter to pay Paul?" Who is our President and our Congressmen most concerned for..Iraq or American citizens trying to make a living and get by the best we can?