By Alyssa Rosenberg arosenberg@govexec.com
January 10, 2008
It's no secret that the National Security Personnel System is far from universally popular. The consensus that the system is flawed is reflected in an appeal filed by the American Federation of Government Employees with the Supreme Court on Monday, Congress' efforts to prevent the Defense Department from suspending collective bargaining rights for its employees, and the comments section on GovernmentExecutive.com.
Regardless of your feelings about NSPS, my colleague Brittany Ballenstedt's January cover story on how the system is changing the way managers supervise their employees and what that means for performance ratings and pay is a must-read.
The opening section is particularly revealing.
"Performance reviews were of no value to the employee because they were done without any conscience," before NSPS, Pat Tamburrino, an assistant deputy chief in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, told Ballenstedt. "Managers didn't spend a lot of time setting objectives, and [employees] didn't get a lot of feedback from their bosses during the course of the year."
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0108/010908pb.htm
