| Comment Number: | OL-10508059 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 5:21:01 PM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
General: I believe the proposed NSPS will undermine the Civil Service and hurt the mission of the DoD employees. NSPS will not make the government more competitive with other companies and thus will not attract new outside talent, especially those right out of college. No student or anyone from the outside workforce would want to work for the government. I would not be suprised if you have a huge reduction in employees because of it. Where is the benefit for the dedicated employees? Subpart G Adverse Actions- 9901.701 to 9901.810: Due process and fairness demand that the independent body reviewing a major suspension as termination be allowed to alter the proposed penalty if they deem it to be unreasonable. The current standards approved by the courts to guide such bodies should continue to be used. Subpart F Workforce Shaping - 9901.6012 to 9901.611: DoD should not change the current layoff/RIF rules which give balanced credit to performance and the employees valuable years of committed service to DoD.