| Comment Number: | OL-10510886 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 12:46:27 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:
Subpart C, Pay and Pay Administration, Page 7581, Section 9901.311 Major features: “Through the issuance of implementing issuances, DoD will establish a pay system that governs the setting and adjusting of covered employees’ rates of pay and the setting of covered employees’ rates of premium pay.” BUT...This pay system has not yet been determined, so there is no way to determine if it will be just and equitable to employees. This system should have already been established in these regulations so that it could be reviewed and discussed during this comment period, as required by law. There should be no changes to the current pay systems used by DoD agencies until a full comment and review period is completed, and following that, a collective bargaining process with the unions representing DoD employees. The system currently proposed, but not fully described and explained in the Federal Register will lower productivity, destroy morale and teamwork, result in "yes" men (to get raises), allow management to get away with anything they want using these unlimited powers because they will answer to no one--and it will ultimately hurt national security--not improve it.