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GAO-05-770R 1 (2005-05-31)

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  SGAO
       Accountability * Integrity  Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


         May 31, 2005

         The Honorable John Warner
         Chairman
         The Honorable Carl Levin
         Ranking Member
         Committee on Armed Services
         United States Senate

         Subject: Questions for the Record Regarding the Department of Defense's National
                Security Personnel System

         It was a pleasure to appear before the Committee on April 14, 2005, to discuss the
         Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of the National Security Personnel
         System (NSPS).' This letter responds to your request for my views on the following
         questions for the record.

         Questions from Senator Inhofe

         American Federation of Government Employees

         Please comment on each of the flashpoints that the AFGE has raised
         through Mr. Gage's written statement:

         Q. DOD has proposed radically reducing the scope of collective bargaining
         in the proposed regulations.... The proposed regulations do not follow the
         law with respect to its instructions to maintain collective bargaining rights
         for affected DOD employees.

         Our previous work on individual agencies' human capital systems has not directly
         addressed the scope of specific issues that should or should not be subject to
         collective bargaining and negotiations.

         Q. The board that hears labor-management disputes arising from NSPS must
         be independent of DOD management.... In the proposed NSPS regulations,
         DOD would establish an internal board made up entirely of individuals
         appointed by the Secretary.


         'GAO, Human Capital: Preliminary Observations on Proposed Regulations for DOD's National
         Security Personnel System, (CAO-05559T (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 14, 2005).


GAO-05-770R Human Capital


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