| Comment Number: | OL-9700000 |
| Received: | 2/14/2005 1:41:47 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:
In my mind, this new system is not as flexible as one would like to think. Why is it so necessary to have provisions that specifically exclude the Union from engaging in discussions with senior officials relative to management core activities? If the intent of the NSPS is to improve upon the existing system, then it would behoove all stakeholders too freely engage into open discussions on all topics, no matter the content, in order to minimize any potential barriers that may prove to be a detriment to the success of an agency mission or employee rights. Inclusion, not exclusion, should be the basis for this new system and the seed for ushering in a new era for personnel reform. Democracy has been the basis of this nation’s value to choose freely without the fear of reprisal. But now members of our government want to force federal workers into submission and isolation because we have become a well informed society. Implementing a system that’s anti-worker, anti-Union and discriminatory by nature is not going to attract the best and brightest to the federal workforce. There’s nothing wrong with the existing system, which cannot be changed, modified or enhanced in order to accommodate all. Should the current administration chooses to move forward with the implementation of this new system, then they need to consider that federal workers are to maintain the same protection, if not more, from those managers that usurp their authority based on the likes and dislikes of an individual or entity. Anything less would be hurting the American people and their confidence in our ability to provide them with quality service.