| Comment Number: | OL-10511293 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 2:56:41 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:
On page 7570, DoD excludes numerous categories of employees from coverage under bargaining units, and offers such excuses as "the regionalization of DoD's personnel functions has made the clerical nature of personnel work a false distinction for bargaining unit membership. Those individuals are now, and will continue to be, frequently called upon to provide advice and guidance to management officials...By including these individuals in bargaining units, a conflict of interest exists such that the management officials risk compromising confidential management information when seeking or accepting guidance from personnelists within the personnel office." I cannot believe DoD is blatantly saying, across the board, that individuals in personnel offices cannot be trusted to keep personnel information protected. DoD talks of trust, and of the high caliber of employees that work for DoD currently, yet they admit openly they do not trust some or all of their personnelists.