| Comment Number: | OL-10508967 |
| Received: | 3/15/2005 11:43:30 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:
Federal Register/ Vol 70, No. 29 dated 14 February 2005. On page 7555 The guiding priniciples list mission first as the first guiding principle. Later in the section it stresses being able to deploy civilians anywhere in every timezone. This system is being promoted as a way to reward high performers. However, it reads as a system that allows DOD management to deploy civilians in the same way it deploys active and reserve military. There would appear to be one major flaw in this system. If we break the current personel in the system into 3 groups the problems become apparent. The group of employees with 20-30 years is nearing retirement and in a lot of cases will retire rather than deploy for an extended period. The group with 10-20 years would most likely deploy, however, due to the RIFs of the 1980s this group is smaller than either the 20-30 or 0-10 groups. The 0-10 range group for the most part has less invested and more oportunity outside of DOD. The DOD has spent large amounts of money to hire younger workers to replace the retiring workforce. By forcing younger workers to deploy DOD will loose many of the bright young minds this system is being advertised to reward. While this comments would seem to paint a general picture I would like to acknoledge that not all people in these groups fit this discription, however forcing civilians to choose between deployment and there jobs is not a moral boster even for high performers.