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What does it take for the President, OPM, DHS, and the Defense Department to realize they are trying to reinvent the wheel? DHS official is surprised at the resistance at the new personnel system? The new personnel system has been touted as a cure for all ailments and crammed down our throats.
The "GS pay schedule is for 1950." Beware! The Bill of Rights and the Constitution are over 200 years old and that could be thrown out the door behind the General Schedule pay system. How did our forefathers compose the Constitution with such intelligence, foresight, and common sense with a document for all people that has been the rulebook and backbone of our great nation for over 200 years?
In the 2004 Defense authorization bill, Congress granted the department authority to create a new human resources system, based on the notion that the current system was too rigid and outdated to allow the department to respond with agility to modern threats of terrorism.
Too rigid? The huge salaried DHS is paid did not fit within the GS schedule and the DHS employees did not want to lose money so they want to change the pay system for their benefit. The GS Schedule has been in effect for many years and has worked well. Civilians know what is expected of them and of the GS Pay Schedule, but uncertainty and possible loss of pay and jobs is a threat under the MAX-HR. Who will take care of the employees who lose their jobs? Unemployment? Welfare?
Outdated? It's worked for years.
Respond to threats of terrorism? Americans have always stood up to any challenge so this statement is totally false. During Hurricane Katrina all the blame cannot be pushed onto FEMA because FEMA falls under the DHS umbrella. Do we need another failure with the MAXHR system?
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