| Comment Number: | OL-10507754 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 2:46:06 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:
In Subpart F "Workforce Shaping," it appears to read that under NSPS a RIF can be targeted down to a small area, i.e. organization, funding line. If there is no position for a person that is affected by the RIF within this small area, they can be separated. You may have employees across the hall in a different "organization or funding line", with very little time in service, and possibly horrible work ethic, but since they are not in the small area being RIF'd, they keep their job, and a better employee is sent out on the street. One of the reasons that people work for the government is to have some security, as most of the time you can earn more money in a civilian job elsewhere. The NSPS could cause many of our future employees, or best employees to look elsewhere for work, since they will have no security of job here, why not earn more money elsewhere. It also appears that NSPS is ripe for abuse by the "good old boy system". They discuss reviews, but from past experience, those type of reviewing officials usually come right from the same "good old boys". I agree that the present Appraisal system is poor, but do not see this as a better system. It all needs to go back to the drawing board and be reworked.