A Review of the Department of Defense's National Security Personnel System

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Abstract:

In 2003, the Congress authorized the Secretary of Defense to establish a human resources management system, the National Security Personnel System NSPS, within the Department of Defense DoD.1 That system was authorized at the request of DoD, which had complained of inflexibilities in the traditional federal personnel system.2 The department claimed that with its constraining rules in hiring, assigning, compensating, and rewarding employees, the traditional system was cumbersome even during normal peacetime operations during wartime, when the system faced additional stresses, it was more problematic. According to senior DoD officials, civilian employees an integral resource in the global war on terrorism would be more valuable if the human resources system were more modern, flexible, and agile.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Congressional testimony
Pagination:
0077

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
CBO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL SECURITY, HUMAN RESOURCES, SECURITY PERSONNEL, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
Keyword(s):
CBO TESTIMONY, CBO REPORTS, NSPS(NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM)
Report Date:
2008 Nov 01
Creation Date:
2009 Feb 18