| Comment Number: | OL-10508263 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 11:29:25 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:
* On the details: There are little or no details available. Flesh the beast out, then ask for public comments -- this is essentially a pig in a poke, How can a reasonable person be expected to make a determination on this document if much of the vital information on how the process will work is missing?" *On management: The problem is that the managers may not know how to properly evaluate performance since they work in a culture that mainly rewards seniority and image. How will the managers' skills be improved under NSPS to prove that they are capable of leading, of making difficult decisions, and doing hard work that they have shirked in the past under the GS system?" *On fairness: Favoritism and cronyism will rapidly develop as there will be greater efforts on the part of most employees to shmooze the boss with hyperbole about themselves, and those that they support. This will breed a new bunch of YES men/women who will be afraid to let their supervisors know things that will make them angry. *On employee rights: "NSPS, if not just a desire to do something different, appears to be an attempt to allow more autonomy within government agencies to hire and fire whom they please, while negatively impacting/reducing the avenues of redress for the average worker. An older employee worried that seniority would no longer be a key factor in deciding who gets laid off. This whole proposal smacks of the old Spoils System which ran rampant in federal employment in the 1800’s and was discarded because of the favoritism and “rewards” given to employees whose actions acquiesced to Management and political bosses, resulting in rampant corruption in the Federal Sector.. *Internal labor relations boards would handle most issues currently addressed by the Federal Labor Relations Authority. I do not understand why an internal labor relations board is even needed. The Federal Labor Relations Authority already exists by law and has a history of fairness and impartiality. It seems to me that an internal board would be grossly partial to Departmental management and political appointees’ decisions, regardless of valid evidence presented.