NSPS Called a Work In Progress

DoD’s national security personnel system remains a work in progress, with only limited data available to assess whether it is meeting its goals, according to a Congressional Budget Office study. CBO said that "there is little evidence" that it could draw on to assess whether, for example, NSPS is improving DoD’s ability to recruit and compensate employees. However, it noted employee surveys that show large majorities of employees who have not been put in NSPS are skeptical of the program, and that only small minorities of those who have been put in it believe it is an improvement over general federal personnel rules. "Whether employees perceive NSPS as an improvement over the GS system could affect their support for the new system," CBO said, adding that the survey results to date "could portend unfavorable views about personnel processes under NSPS."