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GAO-05-771R 1 (2005-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptarxg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 14, 2005 The Honorable Jon C. Porter Chairman Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization Committee on Government Reform House of Representatives Subject: Questions for the Record Related to the Department of Defense's National Security Personnel System On April 12, 2005, I testified before your Subcommittee at a hearing on NSPS: The New Department of Defense Civilian Personnel System-Reaching Readiness.' This letter responds to your request that I provide answers to questions for the record. The questions, along with my responses, follow. Regulations versus Implementing Issuances In your testimony, you noted the lack of detail in the proposed regulations. The proposed regulations for the NSPS allow DOD to address the specific details of the system through implementing issuances. 1. Which specific subjects of the NSPS regulations should be included in the final regulations? In our recent testimonies on the proposed NSPS regulations, we noted several issues that DOD will need to define in more detail than is currently provided. For example, the proposed NSPS regulations permit an internal DOD review of initial decisions issued by Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) adjudicating officials. However, the proposed regulations do not offer additional details on the department's internal review process, such as how the review will be conducted and who will conduct them. As we noted in our testimonies, an internal agency review process this important should be addressed in the regulations rather than in an implementing directive to ensure adequate transparency and employee confidence in the process. 'GAO, Human Capital: Preliminary Observations on Proposed Department of Defense National Security Personnel System Regulations, CAO -05-5I 7T (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 12, 2005). GAO-05-771R Human Capital Page 1

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