| Comment Number: | OL-10509609 |
| Received: | 3/15/2005 4:37:16 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:
From what I’ve heard and read about NSPS, I am concerned that it could have a negative impact on the DoD workforce. For one thing, this seems to be too big of a change to implement at one time. I think if we make too many radical changes all at once it will probably lead to mass confusion (at least in the beginning). I think a lot of people are already confused at this point in time. There also seems to be a lot of unknown factors at this time, so it makes it difficult to form a definite opinion about NSPS. I am concerned about the possibility of some people not even getting a cost of living raise and the prospect of co-workers competing with each other for raises. These factors will probably foster bad relationships between supervisors and co-workers. It will not encourage teamwork if workers are competing to get the biggest raise in their pay pool, and thus reducing their co-workers raises. Mandatory mobility is another concern. This will scare off a lot of workers. We need to recruit younger people to revitalize our aging workforce. If we have workers who are raising young children or who plan to in the future, many of them will not want to have a job where they may suddenly be deployed somewhere else. Limiting Union involvement is also a concern. The NSPS sounds like a system where adverse actions will be more common place. In some cases adverse actions are needed, but it also gives the potential for misuse by management. Although most supervisors/managers that I’ve worked for over the years have generally been good, there is no guarantee that some managers will not abuse their powers. That is why Unions are needed in order to protect workers from unfair actions and to be advocates for better workplace conditions.