Stronger Language on Personnel Reforms

The statement further said that the committee “opposes efforts by the administration to extend throughout the federal government personnel flexibilities that were granted to DHS and DoD. Legal challenges to the personnel flexibilities granted to DHS and DoD have delayed implementation of these new systems for employees represented by bargaining units. In addition, DHS and DoD have just begun to implement their new systems for those employees not represented by bargaining units. Personnel flexibilities should not be extended governmentwide until it is possible to measure and evaluate their effects on the workforce and until Congress understands the costs associated with the design, implementation, and training related to these new systems.”