Comment Number: OL-10510602
Received: 3/16/2005 10:43:28 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:

While I agree that the personnel appraisal system has room for improvement, I do not agree that the current NSPS proposals are the answer. I have four major concerns with NSPS: 1) NSPS puts too much control in the first line supervisor's hands. This control opens the door for favoritism and unfair consideration. Recently the supervisors in my organization were required to attend an information meeting on NSPS. My firstline supervisor returned to the office and stated, now all the employees are going to be kissing my #@$%. Tell me this supervisor is not going to play favorites! 2) As I understand it, current NSPS proposals address RIF actions which will no longer honor an employee’s years of service into consideration. For example: an employee with 20 years of service could be RIF while in the same office an employee with 5 years of service would not. 3) No more Locality pay? We all know that economy fluctuates between areas/cities in the United States. The current pay system recognizes those fluctuations. If locality pay is added to the pay raise pot, the wrong message it sent. Why should the employee that receives the higher pay raise be able to afford the increased gas prices while the employee that doesn't receive the high pay raise can not afford the increased gas prices when they live in the same community? 4) It appears that the person/persons behind the NSPS do not favor unions and NSPS is their attempt to end union organizations for federal employees. Implementation of NSPS will drive an end to the high caliber of federal employees in the workforce today--who on earth would want to work for an organization that does not support its employees? I pray that my elected officials will see through NSPS and develop a system that is fair and equitable for all federal employees.