DoD, OPM Release New Details on NSPS Review
Friday, May 15, 2009(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Today, the office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense released new
details concerning the pending review of the
much-maligned National Security Personnel
System.
In the news release,
Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn called
on the Defense Business Board, an independent
advisory body to the DoD Secretary on
management issues, to assemble a task force to
review the system.
“The task group should
deliver recommendations aimed at helping the
Department determine (1) if the underlying
design principles and methodology for
implementation are reflected in the program
objectives; (2) whether the program objectives
are being met; and (3) whether NSPS is
operating in a fair, transparent, and effective
manner,” wrote Lynn in his instructions to the
Defense Business Board.
The review board will be chaired by Rudy deLeon, the senior vice president of National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. The other members of the group will be Michael Bayer, chairman of the Defense Business Board, and Robert Tobias, a professor at American University and director for the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation.
“We praise Director Berry and Deputy Secretary Lynn for taking swift action to assess the National Security Personnel System," said NFFE National President Richard N. Brown. "Once it is exposed for the anti-union, anti-worker personnel system that it is, they will come to agree with us that nothing short of a complete repeal is the only way to move forward.”
According to the release, the group's findings will be unveiled later this summer.