National Security Personnel System (NSPS): A History of Creation and Enactment of the Legislation Authorizing Its Establishment

Abstract

The Department of Defense's (DoD's) National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was enacted through the FY 2004 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and signed into public law by President George W. Bush on November 24, 2003. The NSPS's enactment serves as a key pillar of DoD's ongoing transformation effort and is an historically significant example of modern U.S. Civil Service reform. It also serves as a valuable case study for other government agencies interested in enacting their own civil service reform in the future. The overall objective of this thesis is to construct an analytical history of the creation and enactment of the legislation that authorized NSPS. The two primary research questions are as follows: (1) how was the original NSPS legislative proposal, Section 101 of "The Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act," created; and (2) how did Section 1101 of the FY 2004 NDAA, which authorized the establishment of NSPS, become law? The thesis also explores how NSPS was created and enacted through the lens of relevant policy process frameworks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479920

Entities

People

  • Eric W. Timmerman
  • Shane T. Prater

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Security Personnel

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design