| Comment Number: | OL-10508127 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 6:28:16 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 a Union representative that works for the department of defense. I have represented many federal employees in EEO, MSPB and arbitrations. These are impartial party’s to ensure employees get due process to protect the public’s interest. Without MSPB employees would be forced to sue the federal government at much cost to both the taxpayers and the employee. If the employee prevails the department will be responsible for all applicable fees that the employee incurred. Unions save the agencies a lot of money because in most cases the employees wont need an attorney. A department appointed board to handle labor issues and adverse issues is crazy; this is not impartial. To leave appeals up to the secretary makes no sense. Much of the proposed NSPS is incomplete; the public should be afforded the opportunity to respond to all aspects of the NSPS before it can be implemented. The bottom line is the department wants to implement the NSPS starting July 2005, however they do not have the NSPS completed and the employees and the taxpayer are to suffer these wrong doings. If I were looking for a job today, I would not apply with the department of defense and these unfair rules. These rules may help to hire desired people and the rules may make it easier to fire undesirable employees but the rules will not help to keep any desired employee with good sense. This is just an expensive move by the current administration to dismantle the current processes to make it easier to contract out the department of defense to political contributors. The public should be made aware of these injustices and the fleecing of Americas money.