RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –
As part of a review of the National Security Personnel System, a five-person team will visit Randolph March 20 and meet with supervisors and employees to evaluate implementation of the program.
The U.S. Army Civilian Personnel Evaluation Agency has been designated by the NSPS Overarching Integrated Product Team to lead, plan and conduct the review which will focus primarily on the Performance Management System and preparatory NSPS training. The team will be here for one day as part of a visit to several military installations around the country.
NSPS is a program developed to reshape the old rules governing civilian employee management by changing the way civilian jobs are graded and classified, the way performance objectives are set, managed and rewarded, and how the Department hires, promotes and adjusts its workforce size.
On April 30, 2006, the Air Force began implementation of NSPS with approx-imately 3,100 employees leaving the General Schedule personnel system to enter NSPS. Randolph completed its conversion in January of this year with approximately 1,700 conversions.
Although the program is in its initial stages of implementation, it is not a new concept to Team Randolph. According to Barbara Bragg, NSPS Program chief, NSPS training has been ongoing for the last year.
"The team who will visit is going to be evaluating the effectiveness of NSPS training provided to Randolph employees, the thoroughness of employees' performance plans, and the communication taking place between supervisors and employees," Ms. Bragg said.
The CPEA will start by meeting with Col. Richard Clark, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, and the Executive Steering Committee, chaired by Col. David Allvin, 12th FTW vice commander. The committee is made up of representatives from the Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force Manpower Agency and Air Force Services Agency.
The CPEA will also meet with managers and employees indi-vidually and conduct sensing sessions with groups of 20. The interviews and sensing sessions will give managers and employees the chance to add personal feedback on the effectiveness of the program thus far.
"Managers and employees within the same chain of command will not be in the same sensing sessions," said Pete Zerda, NSPS Human Resources program specialist. "We want supervisors and employees to feel free to speak frankly.
"Inputs given to the team will provide key information for the Secretary of Defense's determination about whether the Performance Management System meets statutory criteria," Mr. Zerda said.
For more on NSPS, visit https://www.aetc.af.mil/dp/nsps/.