| Comment Number: | OL-10510038 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 12:25:41 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:
Conclusion on this proposed debacle; The proposed regulations are nothing like Congress had in mind. They are not flexible. They are not contemporary (unless Wal-Mart is your model of a contemporary human resources system). They do not preserve the principles of fair treatment, due process or collective bargaining. Instead, the proposed regulations are a rearguard action, holding onto all the outmoded structure of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 but, in essence, amending it so everything that federal employers did not like about it has been taken out. The result is a mean-spirited, one-sided system that shortens every deadline that could benefit unions and employees, that ensures that vital matters like pay and performance ratings are beyond the reach of independent third-party review, and that guarantees that DOD will have the last and final word on any personnel policy or practice affecting any DOD employee. The proposed regulations should be withdrawn. Remember, it's your money, your country.