| Comment Number: | OL-10509971 |
| Received: | 3/15/2005 10:10:15 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:
If you want to change the system why include the thousands of civil service personnel that you currently have? The contractual obligation you have with us is a two way street. We have kept our commitment to that contract by working hard, earning good appraisals and sitting back waiting on promotions and reward for a job well done. Thousands of us have given years of hard work and worked our way up the ladder. Now what we worked for is being taken away. I will admit that there is some dead wood out there that needs to be advised to get motivated or paperwork will be started. The current system does have the ability to dismiss employees that are not pulling their weight. Very few are dismissed because no one (supervisors) wants to take the time and effort it takes to document and research. If they don't use the tools they have of course it doesn't work. The new system will be the same when it comes to paying for a job well done. It will be easier to check "does not recommend" than it will be write why someone should get paid or promoted. I recently was beat out for an award, not because the person I ran against did more or excelled beyond what I had done. It was because my supervisor did not know how to write well and was tasked with several "hot" items and did not have the time to spend in writing a package. The other person's supervisor was a civilian who did not have the military fun run and other things to deal with so her packages was better written than mine. It will be no different if NSPS comes on line. We will be at the mercy of supervision and how much time they want to put into doing extra work. Those personnel that have a civilian supervisor will fare better than those who have military supervision. There will be continuity. When a new military supervisor comes on board they are not going to recommend pay raises and promotion for someone they have not observed for a few months at least. The way things work in the military those supervisors are moved every few months. Those who have military supervision will not be treated equally. I would like to suggest that if the new system is put into place that it be grand-fathered. Allow the employees who entered civil service under the current set of rules to continue working under those rules. Anyone new who comes into the system will fall under the new system and be well aware of the conditions they will be working under. The system was reworked when you did away with CSRS and went to FERS in the same manner. Give the option to anyone that wishes to go under NSPS. But those of us that wish to remain under the old system should be allowed to do so. Promotion should be based on years in service and ability. Not just ability written on a piece of paper. I always want to drive a car before I buy it. I would think someone with years of dedicated service and a track record would have a history. You get what you pay for. Anyone can pay someone to write a fantastic resume. Doesn't mean your getting what is written on the paper. A bit like the NSPS you’re trying to sell.