| Comment Number: | OL-10512076 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 8:55:41 PM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
| Attachment: | NSPS comment attatchment.doc Download Adobe Reader |
Comments:
RE: Comments on Proposed NSPSA Regulations – RIN 3206-AK76/0790-AH82 I am writing to express my concerns about the proposed rules for the DoD National Security Personnel System (aka NSPS) that was printed in the Federal Register on February 14th 2005. I have been employed by the DoD at the Rock Island Arsenal for last 17½ years and I am very concerned about these proposed changes. I believe that these changes will do very little to help promote National Security but will do a lot to undermined the moral and effectiveness 1. You states in your NSPS FQA section that “The NSPS performance management system is designed to recognize and reward the performance and contributions of the DoD civilian workforce, and supervisors are integral to the overall success of NSPS.” Which could be (?) a good system but then your NSPS FQA section goes on to say that “Supervisors and managers will be held accountable for how effectively they use the tools provided by NSPS.” My comment is this, How are manager going to be held accountable? I am a union steward. When I file a complaint against a manager for what are out right and undisputable violations of union contracts, Army regulations, team charters, alternative dispute resolutions, ect. And it is proven that the manger was wrong. I can recommend that the manager or supervisor be given some sort of disciplinary action. But if there manager or supervisor or OPM wishes not to do anything (which has always been the case), that is the end of the road. And since no action is ever taken against a manager when they wrong, then there is nothing stopping them from doing the same thing over and over again. Now, how can you expect myself or anyone else (for that matter) to believe that you are going to hold a manager or supervisor responsible for their action when it comes to NSPS? And as for, “They will also be subject to the pay and performance provisions of the system, and their pay will be affected by how well they perform their duties as supervisors and managers.” My comment is this, Who if be the fox that will be guarding the chicken coup that supervisors and managers will be kept in. All I can see is that it will be managers looking out for managers. And at the installation that I work at that happens all the time.