| Comment Number: | OL-10512007 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 7:41:35 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:
The aggregate, or overall, amount of compensation money is protected through 2008 only. Second, after 2008, DoD can balance the needs of employees with its own desire to use that money for other things. The OMB will dictate how much funding will be available for the January adjustment. DoD wants to purchase new wage survey data that compares what federal employees are paid with their local counterparts rather than use data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which does it now, which is wasting money on political contractors. Some jobs may get an across the board raise while other jobs do not, based on DoDs interpretation of labor market data. Nor will the performance pay increase for people receiving the same rating i.e., outstanding, etc. be the same. It will vary from job to job, location to location and pay pool to pay pool. Its all done behind closed doors by managers who can do what they want to do. Manager that are in the same pay pools looking to get their own raises and bonuses. This system lacks transparency, credibility and fairness.