An Open Letter from President Ault on the NSPS
December 13, 2004
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
In an effort to keep all MTD interested parties informed on the
National Security Personnel System, I am providing the
attached article from Steve Barr on NSPS. The article is
especially telling on the intentions of the DOD. Program Director
Mary Lacey states that she intends to have a conference in January
05 to train Base Commanders and Senior Managers on the new NSPS.
How can they do this when we (the labor organizations that
represent DOD workers) haven't even seen a proposed regulation from
DOD to begin our statuatory 30 day "meeting and collaboration
process?" Under the statute we get 30 days to meet and
collaborate (what does that really mean?) followed by thirty
days of assistance by federal mediation on any disputed provisions.
Then the Secretary of Defense gives Congress notice of thirty additional
days that he intends to implement his version of the disputed NSPS...Today
is the 13th of December...adding up the three thirty day periods
appear to make March 05 the earliest DOD could have any NSPS program
and even that is unlikely...
The only reasonable thing we can conclude is that any of our input
into the proposed NSPS regulation will be rejected in its entirety
and the Congressionally mandated involvment of labor will be ignored.
They have no intention of involving labor in any meaningful way.
The UDWC (Labor Organizations) will meet tomorrow at the Ritz Carlton
in Pentagon City at 9 AM with DOD/OPM over NSPS at labor's
request to discuss these and other concerns.
In Solidarity,
Ron Ault, President
MTD
Read the Barr Article GO>
NSPS Developments: DOD Begins Implementation of
NSPS Over Congressional Objections
- 12/21/04--Letter from Congressmen
Inslee, Van Hollen and Jones Asking that Unions and Congress View
the NSPS Proposal Prior to Publication (pdf format)
GO >
- 12/21/04--Rebuttal Statement
on DOD NSPS Spiral One Press statements GO
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- Statement by Senator Edward
M. Kennedy on the Response of the Bush Administration on Transparency
in National Security Personnel Regulations GO
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- Letter to Kennedy Jointly Signed
by OPM Director Kay Cole James and DOD Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz--Dated
December 3, 2004 (pdf) GO
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- DOD Coalition Challenges Claims
by Wolfowitz and James--Dated December 8, 2004 GO
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- An Open Letter from Metal Trades
Department President Ron Ault Regarding NSPS GO
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- Defense Moving to New Personnel
System--December 12, 2004; Page C02--Washington Post Article by
Stephen Barr GO >
- Urge Your Congressional Representatives:
Protect DOD Workers—Sign the Inslee-Van-Hollen Letter GO
>
- Legislator says withholding Pentagon personnel
plans violates laws—November 29, 2004 GO
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