New Defense Civilian Personnel System To Launch In 2006
The first phase of the National Security Personnel System, the new human resources system for the Department of Defense, is scheduled for implementation in early fiscal year 2006.
Spiral One of the NSPS will include about 277,000 general-schedule employees of all military services and some DoD agencies, and will be rolled out over a 12-month period.
During Spiral 1.1., more than 21,500 Army employees will convert to NSPS, according to the Army Civilian Human Resources Agency NSPS training Web site. This total includes approximately 2,400 human resources professionals, 2,000 civilian managers and supervisors and over 17,000 employees.
Spiral 1.2 is slated for implementation approximately six months after Spiral 1.1. However, no Army organizations will be included in this phase.
Spiral 1.3 deploys six to nine months following Spiral 1.2. and includes training for over 57,000 employees, including 600 human resources professionals and over 5,600 managers and supervisors.
Army civilian employees from several organizations will be affected by the phases of Spiral One, including Army Corps of Engineers, Civilian Human Resources Agency, Space and Missile Defense Command, Army Materiel Command and Medical Command.
Spiral One will impact approximately 78,000 employees in the Department of the Army.
Spiral 2 comes after all phases of Spiral One are executed, analyzed and the Secretary of Defense certifies the performance management system.
Spiral 3 is scheduled for implementation during the 2008 fiscal year.
Extensive training of the Army workforce, both managers and employees, will be conducted prior to each phase of implementation.
NSPS will establish new rules for the hiring, assigning, compensating, promoting and disciplining of civilians. NSPS will also have elements that address the DoD’s labor relations and appeals process, according to the NSPS training Web site. It will affect approximately 60,000 employees.