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NSPS Newsletter 
AF National Security Personnel System Office 30 January 2007 
Volume 4, Number 1
 
News Briefs
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The preliminary results of the initial National Security PersonnelSystem (NSPS) pay pools for Spiral 1.1 participants are in: 96% of Air Force (AF) participants scored at level three or above and wereeligible for NSPS performance-based share pay outs. All NSPS-covered employees also received the equivalent of the Januaryincrease received by the rest of the government.
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Spiral 1.2H conversion began 21 January 2007. Approximately26,000 AF employees converted, bringing the number of AFemployees covered by NSPS to approximately 40,000 world-wide.AF currently has the largest number of employees in NSPS of anyDepartment of Defense (DoD) component.
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The next Spiral, 1.3, converts approximately 1,200 AF civilians on18 March 2007 and will mark the completion of the initial phase of deployment of all eligible AF General Schedule non-bargaining unitappropriated fund civilians.
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Oral arguments to allow previously blocked portions of NSPS to beimplemented were held before a three-judge federal appeals panelon 11 December 2006. A ruling in the case (
 AFGE v Rumsfeld 
) isexpected in the spring of 2007.
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DoD’s ongoing conversion to NSPS is expected to cover FederalWage System (FWS) positions. The process of designing thesystem, which involves DoD stakeholders and includes unions, is inits earliest stages. Development remains event driven and nodecision on an implementation schedule has been made.
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates affirmed his support of NSPSduring his confirmation hearing: “Reforming civil service rules tomake our civilian work force more adaptable, flexible and agile iscritical to the future of the department. I believe NSPS is integral tothe department’s human capital strategy of developing the right mixof people and skills across the total force.”
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Status ofForces –CivilianSurveyRecap
The May
Status of Forces Survey of DoD Civilians
is the first survey tocapture attitudes of NSPS workers on a wide variety of human capitalmanagement topics including the work environment, organizationalleadership, the job, compensation, and NSPS.The May 2006 survey, conducted between late April and early June,randomly sampled employees throughout DoD, including Spiral 1.1employees who converted to NSPS on 30 April 2006. Employee responsesto the May survey will provide the baseline data to be considered, along withfuture survey data, to assess the overall impact of NSPS.Results of the May survey indicate NSPS Spiral 1.1 employees have anoverall greater level of satisfaction on many work-related topics whencompared to non-NSPS employees. Employees in NSPS were more likely toagree that NSPS will have an overall positive impact on personnel processes,such as job classification, supervisor/employee communication, linking payto performance, and correcting poor performance.Employees in the NSPS pay band system were nearly twice as likely toagree that communication between supervisors and employees will beimportant under NSPS and to agree that NSPS will improve the hiringprocess.The Defense Manpower Data Center conducts surveys of the civilianworkforce on a regular basis to support the personnel information needs of DoD, using state-of-the-art sampling and weighting techniques. The lastsurvey was administered in November 2006, with results expected to beprovided to the DoD components in the spring of 2007.
And the Answer Is. . .
 
The DoD NSPS web site has implemented a great new feature to helpemployees understand NSPS:
 And the Answer Is…
highlights issues of general interest and provides in-depth answers to common questions. Thetopic is updated regularly.The current question is particularly timely. The answer to
“
What is the January pay adjustment, and how will it work in NSPS?” 
can be found byfollowing this link:http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps/faqs.html.While at the DoD site, take advantage of subscribing to NSPS Alerts. Onceyou do, you will be notified whenever the DoD NSPS web site is updated,allowing you to remain current on the latest news concerning the programand its implementation.
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