| Comment Number: | OL-10508125 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 6:21:17 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 believe the proposed NSPS will undermine the Civil Service and hurt the mission of the Department of Defense employees for the following reasons. Subpart C Pay Sections 9901.301 to 9901.373: The employees in Department of Defense should continue to recieve the same annual pay across-the board adjustment that other GS/FWS workers recieve.The individual pay increases for performance should include guaranteed percentages in the regulations so that employees will understand the pay system and what their pay increases will be depending on their performance. Subpart D Performance Management-9901.401 to 9901.409: In order to insure fairness and accuracy,Department of Defence employees should be able to appeal any performance rating to an independent grievance and arbitration process like they can do now. 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 the employees valuable years of committed service to Department of Defense. Subpart G Adverse Actions-901.701 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 standarts approved by the courts to guide such bodies should continue to be used. Subpart I Labor-Management Relations-9901.901 to 9901.929: The labor management law that has governed the employees right to organize and engage in collective bargaining has worked well since 1978. There is no compelling reason to take away most of the collective bargaining rights or grievance rights. The Departmant of Defense should not create a " company dominated dispute board". Any dispute board must be "jointly selected" by management and the union. The Unions were not properly consulted when the Administration prepared these proposed regulations that only they wanted..... I believe that all hard working Veterans like myself are being totally left out the pictures for the buzzards to pick our bones.........