| Comment Number: | OL-10511502 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 3:49:09 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:
Concerns about NSPS – Job Classifications and importance to mission The job classifications are to be broader. We are to compete How broad do the classes become? Do 2105s become 2100 or do 2105s become 2XXX? Great for opening the pathways to new opportunities, but who does one compete against? Does a person compete against the people in his office? Does a person compete against the people in his division? Does a person compete against the people in his directorate? Does the person compete against the people in his command, his higher headquarters, etc. There are clear examples of the exact same positions at wing level being GS-10s while at Headquarters GS-11s. Or cases of Headquarters positions being GS-9s while the same positions at a Joint Headquarters are a GS-11. Does base level compete against Headquarters? Who determines the competition group? Who determines who is most important to the mission? Every organ/part of the body is important, but not every organ/part is the heart? Is it the most important? What about the lungs or little finger? Is the little finger not important? Who does it compete with? Does it contribute to the successful outcome of the mission? Are its skills and contribution of the little finger considered to be less than the heart or lungs? Alas, favoritism, cronyism, the old boys network and other abuse such as what happened in the Officer Evaluation system between the commands fighting for promotions can easily become part are parcel of the new system. Already, positions which many within civilian workforce have the qualifications to compete have quietly become “retired O-6 sanctuaries” or sanctuaries for other selected types. The historic civilian workforce is written out of the new job descriptions. Will the new system allow us to compete or will it continue to be “old boys network?” The system needs a combination of specific accomplishments/requirements and subjective judgments.