Department of Defense news release (Oct. 26, 2005): Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management announce new human resource system.The Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management announced today submission of final regulations for the National Security Personnel System (NSPS NSPS National Security Personnel System (US government) NSPS New Source Performance Standard NSPS National Society of Professional Surveyors NSPS National Suicide Prevention Strategy (Australia) ) to the Federal Register. The final regulations define the rules for implementing a new human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. system that will affect about 700,000 DoD civilian A Federal civilian employee of the Department of Defense directly hired and paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds, under permanent or temporary appointment. Specifically excluded are contractors and foreign host nationals as well as third country civilians. employees regarding pay and classification, performance management, hiring, workforce shaping, disciplinary matters, appeals procedures, and labor-management relations. "To transform the way DoD achieves its mission, it must transform the way it leads and manages its people who develop, acquire, and maintain our nation's defense capability," said Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. R. England England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1991 pop. 46,382,050), 50,334 sq mi (130,365 sq km). It is bounded by Wales and the Irish Sea on the west and Scotland on the north. , acting deputy secretary of defense, who also serves as the DoD senior executive for NSPS. "Our civilian workforce is critical to the department's success, and NSPS will provide a modern, flexible system to better support them." NSPS will improve the way DoD hires, assigns Individuals to whom property is, will, or may be transferred by conveyance, will, Descent and Distribution, or statute; assignees. The term assigns is often found in deeds; for example, "heirs, administrators, and assigns to denote the assignable nature of , compensates, and rewards its employees, while preserving the core merit principles, veterans' preference, and important employee protections and benefits of the current system. The regulations are the result of a broad-based broad-based Of or relating to an index or average that provides a good representation of the overall market. The S&P 500 and NYSE Composite are generally regarded as broad-based stock indexes, while the popular Dow Jones Industrial Average is biased effort that included input from DoD employees, supervisors, managers, senior leaders, union representatives, Congress, and public interest groups. As a result of input received from the DoD unions as well as more than 58,000 public comments, DoD and OPM See Oracle Process Manufacturing. leadership have made a number of changes to the proposed regulations. "Preserving the fundamental rights of our employees was a critical factor throughout the design process," said England. "We believe the regulations strike a balance between employee interests and DoD's need to accomplish its mission effectively and to respond swiftly to ever-changing national security threats." The implementation plan for NSPS includes a multi-year schedule. The Labor Relations System will be implemented for all bargaining unit A bargaining unit in labor relations is a group of employees with a clear and identifiable community of interests who are (under U.S. law) represented by a single labor union in collective bargaining and other dealings with management. employees shortly after the enabling regulations are in effect. The Human Resources System and the appeals process will be phased in once implementing issuances are in place and training is underway. Spiral One of the transition to NSPS, comprising approximately 270,000 employees, will be phased in over the next year. Spiral 1.1 organizations, with about 65,000 employees, should transition employees to new performance standards beginning in early 2006. These organizations will fully convert to NSPS after employees receive the January 2006 general pay increase and within grade buy-ins. As a result, no employees will lose pay upon conversion to NSPS. Spiral 1.2 organizations will begin operating under the Human Resources and appeals system in spring 2006, with Spiral 1.3 conversions occurring later in the year. Subsequently, the rest of the eligible DoD civilian workforce will be incrementally phased-in, making necessary adjustments to NSPS as it goes forward. "Moving forward, implementing the regulations will require a great deal of training and communications with employees to get this right. OPM stands ready to provide the support and technical assistance needed to ensure the success of the NSPS system," said Office of Personnel Management director Linda Springer springer a North American term commonly used to describe heifers close to term with their first calf. . Communication is critical to the NSPS transition, and the Department of Defense has made a serious commitment to ensure employees receive the information and training they need throughout implementation of the program. In addition to the NSPS Web sites, DoD plans a robust training program on all elements of the new system. The final regulations may be downloaded from the NSPS Web site at <http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps>. |
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