| Comment Number: | OL-10508193 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 8:36:18 PM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
| Attachment: | my comments.doc Download Adobe Reader |
Comments:
I am providing comments about changes to work rules in the Department of Defense (DoD). The proposed regulations, known as the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), were published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2005. I do so knowing that you most likely will not even read the documents that you receive on this topic, but with the hope that members of congress with intervene when you don’t consider what the public is saying. The NSPS proposal seems to treat the employees who help defend our country as the enemy. Most DoD employees work hard and are committed. Mistreating DoD employees will hurt the Department’s mission. This system will change the way workers are paid, evaluated, promoted, fired, scheduled, and treated. These rules create a system in which federal managers are influenced by favoritism rather than serving the civil concerns of the American people. It is a travesty that under the guise of protecting America from threats to its sovereignty, that certain leaders of this country have so despicably repeated the mantra that the DoD NSPS rules are necessary. The rationale provided includes enabling the department to (1) act swiftly in response to national security, (2) remain unencumbered by negotiated agreements and bargaining rights in response to real or perceived terrorist activities, and (3) safeguard the public safety. It is an affront to every DoD employee to suggest that employees would fail to understand that the critical nature of its mission rises above any labor-related perspectives. Why Is DoD Going Backwards in Time? Please see my attachment Respectfully Jacqueline Traynere