A Review of the Department of Defense's National Security Personnel System

Abstract

In 2003, the Congress authorized the Secretary of Defense to establish a human resources management system, the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), within the Department of Defense (DoD).1 That system was authorized at the request of DoD, which had complained of inflexibilities in the traditional federal personnel system.2 The department claimed that with its constraining rules in hiring, assigning, compensating, and rewarding employees, the traditional system was cumbersome even during normal peacetime operations; during wartime, when the system faced additional stresses, it was more problematic. According to senior DoD officials, civilian employees an integral resource in the global war on terrorism would be more valuable if the human resources system were more "modern, flexible, and agile."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA493492

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Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Students
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Strategic Security Studies