| Comment Number: | OL-10508688 |
| Received: | 3/15/2005 10:03:39 AM |
| 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:
The classification system described in Subpart B of this proposed regulation contains very few specific details about the career groups, pay schedules, pay bands, and other classification structures and rules that will apply to DoD employees under this regulation, if implemented. Much more detail is needed to allow for a meaningful and thorough review and discussion of this regulation, as required by law. No changes should be made to the classification systems currently used by DoD agencies until a full comment and review period is completed, followed by a full collective bargaining process with the unions representing DoD employees. A personnel system without fair and appropriate classification structures and rules will be rejected by employees, and will result in distrust of management, decreased morale, and lower productivity, ultimately harming national security.