| Comment Number: | OL-10510744 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 11:42:51 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:
TO CONGRESSMAN JIM NUSSELL, IOWA I am certain that one of the Pentagon's objectives in advancing NSPS is to construct a so-called "pay for performance" system. This is another case of deceptive labeling. Various government agencies have been testing performance pay systems for more than 20 years and invariably, the results have been that the majority of workers feel cheated when advancement, promotion and pay decisions are given over to the sole discretion of a supervisor. The process typically reduces salaries and morale. It is too autocratic and eliminates any redress for decisions made on the basis of considerations other than merit. Additionally, some supervisors currently appointed in DoD are to the amazement of employees in their charge, not particularly qualified for supervisory positions but selected due to various appointment restrictions, i.e. lack of funding for change of station moves, etc. The new system will in all probability not be an improvement in personnel assignments and some supervisors will continue to remind us of the book "The Peter Principal", wherein individuals will be promoted out of their qualified area into positions they have no real qualifications. For these reasons, I oppose the implementation of NSPS and I urge you to act to instruct the Secretary of Defense to halt any further development of NSPS unless and until the Pentagon is willing to substantively address the issues raised by the United DOD Workers Coalition.