NSPS coverts about 90 GS employees in January

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  • By Christine Jenkins
  • 911th Human Resources
The Air Force will convert about 26,000 employees to the new National Security Personnel System (NSPS) on January 21, 2007.
Of those 26,000 approximately 90 non-bargaining unit employees of the 911th Airlift Wing will be included in the group known as spiral 1.2H.
Key aspects of the new system include classification, compensation, performance management, staffing and workforce shaping elements. Employees converting into the new system will be converted to pay bands which will replace the General Schedule.
Employees will also receive new performance plans designed to link performance expectations to their organization's mission and strategic goals. The new performance management system is one of the cornerstones of NSPS and pay will be directly linked to job performance. The first performance pay-out for Spiral 1.2H employees will be in January 2008.
The Department of Defense has created and posted a course titled 'NSPS 101' on their NSPS website at http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps/nsps101/nsps/index.htm. NSPS 101 is a web-based course designed to introduce DoD civilian employees to the new system's vocabulary and mechanics. The course features a conversion tool that allows employees to enter their current GS job series and grade to determine which NSPS pay band they will be placed.
For more information about NSPS 101 visit NSPS online at http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps/.