| Comment Number: | OL-10507760 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 2:49:48 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:
WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NSPS THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE TAKING A STEP BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE SPOILS SYSTEM. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AND IT MAY NOT BE VERY OBVIOUS AT FIRST. BUT THE GOVERNMENT WILL SINK TO THE LEVELS OF INCOMPETENCE, CONFUSION AND MALFEASANCE THAT PREVIOUSLY EXISTED. WHILE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT, IT DOES ALLOW FOR FAIR TREATMENT AND FINANCIAL INCREASES FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT DO THEIR JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO DESIRE TO RISE TO THE LOFTY MANAGEMENT / POLITICAL POSITIONS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONING AND DOING THE PEOPLES BUSINESS. THEY KEEP DOING THEIR JOB DESPITE WHAT PARTY IS IN POWER OR WHAT POLITICAL APPOINTEE IS RUNNING THE SHOW AT THE TIME. SADLY, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NSPS, THIS CORE OF RELIABLE WORKERS WILL BE ABUSED AND MARGINALIZED. WITH THE INCREASING NUMBERS OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES, COMBINED WITH NSPS, THESE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO EXTEND THEIR INFLUENCE ALL THE WAY TO THE CORE OF THE WORK FORCE. THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT TRY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES CORRECTLY AND RUN AFOUL OF WHATEVER CURRENT POLITICAL WIND IS BLOWING, WILL FIND THEMSELVES WITH BAD PERFORMANCE RATINGS, NO RAISE, AND NO PLACE TO TURN TO. THEY WILL BE FORCED TO RETIRE, QUIT OR BE FIRED. THE "GOOD OLD BOY" SYSTEM WILL BE IN HIGH GEAR. ONLY THOSE WHO KISS THE RUMP ABOVE THEM WILL PROSPER. CHAOS AND CORRUPTION WILL FOLLOW. NO PRESIDENT OR POLITICAL PARTY SHOULD HAVE THIS KIND OF POWER OVER THE GOVERNMENT.