Comment Number: OL-10508096
Received: 3/14/2005 5:55:06 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:

I am very concerned about what I have read concerning NSPS. I feel the implementation of this new system will bring employee morale to a new low and create a system of favoritism. It will pit workers against one another and help create supervisor favoritism. I feel the current system we are using has a measure of protection from favoritism by management. Are there really any protection for employees from favoritism in the new system? I agree that a small amount of workers are getting paid for work they are not accomplishing, but I have over 32 years with the U. S. Government as a civilian, and I can honestly say the majority of the work force take pride in their jobs and work hard towards our mission. Why penalize the good workers? If the current version of NSPS is implemented, employees who are excellent employees but don't "brown nose" can expect not to receive salary increases. Here I have 32 years but it appears longevity is done away with under the new system, especially where a reduction in force is concerned. A system that bases hiring, firing, promotions, demotions on that of a supervisor (imperfect human being as we all are) rather than of actual performance, plus doing away with an avenue of appeal, cannot be a good system! Why should we support DoD's mission if they continue taking from us? Another concern of mine is the matter of deploying the civilian workforce anywhere around the world; this reflects a poor understanding of the distinction of civilian and military. Many of us civilians will want to deploy, as so many have done lately, but some of us will not. We could have joined the military if we wanted involuntary deployment, but we didn't; so here you stand the chance of losing good workers because they choose not to be subjected to deployment at their employer's will. If Federal civilians would have to abide by this, why not make all US citizens/workers abide by it? Sounds like we are signing away our life just to get to work for good old Uncle Sam, and that privilege of working for Uncle Sam is getting less and less appealing. I feel this is a system that hasn't been thought through very thoroughly and intelligently, and should not be implemented until further review. Thank you for the chance to comment.