NSPS Transition Office Meets its Goal; Majority of NSPS Workers Now Transitioned into Existing Pay Systems
Friday, October 29, 2010(National Federation of Federal Employees)
The
Department of Defense (DoD) has exceeded its
goal of transitioning the majority of National
Security Personnel System workers back under
existing pay systems. According to the NSPS
Transition Team’s website, just under 172,000
of the 226,000 NSPS-covered workers have been
reassigned. Approximately 75 percent of the
transitioned employees have been moved under
the General Schedule.
When
Congress terminated the controversial personnel
system in the 2010 Defense Authorization Act,
they gave DoD until January, 2012 to completely
dismantle the system and return all employees
to existing pay systems. In April of this year,
transition leader John H. James announced that
the majority of workers were expected to be
transitioned by the close of fiscal year 2010.
At the time of the announcement, just 7,000
individuals had been transitioned into
different pay systems, a far cry from the
171,985 that have been transferred as of
today.
In light
of these figures, it is likely that the full
transition deadline of January 1, 2012, will be
met with ease. This continued progress proves
that the Office has kept its promise to put an
end to the anti-worker, anti-union personnel
system once and for all.
For more
information on the NSPS transition, visit their website
here.