| Comment Number: | OL-10510510 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 10:14:33 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:
I currently work for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in the area of Science and Technology. I have been here 13 years and am considered a high performer in my area. I have consistently been promoted based on the quality of my technical work, receiving one of the centers Technical high grade (ND-05) promotions. Even so, I realize that my pay is still below what I can make in private industry. I am willing to sacrifice that, however, for both job security and the knowledge that what I do strengthens DOD. I have learned that implementation of NSPS would not highly weigh both my seniority nor my job performance over the years in the event of a RIF. The highest weighting factor would be determined by management (e.g. the importance of specific programs). If management decided to re-organize and eliminate the need for Science and Technology, I could possibly be laid off - even accounting for my excellent performance and seniority. This is not what I signed up for. I accepted a job with the government with the understanding that I would be sacrificing lower pay for job security. If there was a RIF, seniority and performance would be the highest factors allowing me to tranfer to another job. It is not fair to me nor the hundreds of engineers I work with who are in a similar position. What this system has the potential to do is create a mercenary engineering work force with no loyalty to DOD or its programs. If there is no job security, why would anyone seriously consider working as a civilian employee when increased pay can be found in the private sector? What I believe would happen is people would only accept a job if nothing was available in the private sector. They would bide their time until the private sector picks up and leave government. This would result in a brain drain and no development of corporate memory. This could be disastrous to DOD and the military.