| Comment Number: | OL-10507114 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 8:55:57 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 believe we need to add a section that outlines the ramifications to leaders preparing performance appraisals that fail to follow regulatory specific guidelines set forth herein. The Army rating system is flawed even after the massive change in 1998 and rating officials have failed to follow regulatory specific requirements for processing performance appraisals, which legally is a harmful error to those improperly rated. The NSPS should safeguard against leaders that tend to undermine the system and push professionals away from DOD recruitment. In order to encourage the best the DOD will have to present a more job-secured environment that makes leaders accountable for their actions. There is no DOD civilian that ever looks towards the possibility of seeking justice for an unjustified performance appraisal. These employees are not looking to appeal anything that may cause retaliations and reprisals against them. Each employee wants to work hard and be rewarded for it and as such, the DOD should safeguard those employees from unjustified adverse actions. The uniformed Army Evaluation System has been compromised by leaders that want to reprise against subordinates, despite the regulation or the law. These leaders have used the evaluation system to illegally discredit soldiers and officers. The prohibited evaluations are simply processed and those soldiers and officers pay the ultimate price by losing their jobs that they worked very hard to earn. There is, therefore, no job security left for soldiers and officers that have to battle a flawed system. As we are looking at the NSPS, Honorable Harvey Jr. should address the uniformed performance evaluation system in the Army. Some soldiers and officers are also DOD and DA civilians that are affected by both the NSPS and the Army Uniformed Evaluation System; the two should work hand-in-hand for the Army. If Honorable Harvey would like my analysis and suggestions regarding the issue(s) discussed herein above, I will be more than happy to assist him in that venture.