NSPS Dispute Also Lies Ahead

By: fedweek

Similarly, the House in voting on a DoD appropriations bill just before the August recess acted to cut off funds for the national security personnel system there by barring the department from spending to operate outside certain standard parts of civil service law. That followed narrower language in the House-passed DoD authorization bill to repeal the labor relations and adverse action and appeal rights provisions of NSPS while requiring bargaining on other aspects, such as the classification, job evaluation and pay for performance provisions, for union-represented employees. The appropriations vote also could potentially affect other alternative personnel systems already operating at DoD, such as the demonstration projects at many facilities, since they also operate under waivers of those parts of the law. The Senate has not taken up either the authorization or appropriations bill for DoD, but its version of the former also would restrict NSPS, although not as severely as either House measure.