| Comment Number: | OL-10507090 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 8:41:21 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:
In the section entitled PERFORMANCE PAY POOLS, it indicates that the 'applicable across the board' pay increases would be used as part of the pay pool. The 'across the board' pay increases, that employees receive are the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) and has NOTHING to do with performance. The annual 'cost of living adjustment' should not be dependent upon an employee's performance. This adjustment is necessary to offset the normal inflation and increases in daily living expenses. In the section entitled SETTING RATE RANGES AND LOCAL MARKET SUPPLEMENTS, it states that 'DoD will also set local market supplements(a supplement to basic pay in lieu of locality pay) for rate ranges based on geographic and occupational factors.' I don't agree with this change. The locality pay is part of the annual cost of living adjustment and should continue to stay as part of it.