United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-11-17 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-227T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T P0b002ee18038e611 f:d06227t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T GAO-06-227T Employee relations Federal employees Federal regulations Human capital Human capital management National security personnel system Pay for performance Performance management Performance measures Policy evaluation Strategic planning DOD National Security Personnel System Testimony A41618 People are critical to any agency transformation because they define an agency's culture, develop its knowledge base, promote innovation, and are its most important asset. Thus, strategic human capital management at the Department of Defense (DOD) can help it marshal, manage, and maintain the people and skills needed to meet its critical mission. In November 2003, Congress provided DOD with significant flexibility to design a modern human resources management system. On November 1, 2005, DOD and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) jointly released the final regulations on DOD's new human resources management system, known as the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). Several months ago, with the release of the proposed regulations, GAO observed that some parts of the human resources management system raised questions for DOD, OPM, and Congress to consider in the areas of pay and performance management, adverse actions and appeals, and labor management relations. GAO also identified multiple implementation challenges for DOD once the final regulations for the new system were issued. This testimony provides GAO's overall observations on selected provisions of the final regulations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T.pdf GAO-06-227T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-227T Testimony GAO-06-227T; Human Capital: Observations on Final Regulations for DOD's National Security Personnel System; Employee relations Federal employees Federal regulations Human capital Human capital management National security personnel system Pay for performance Performance management Performance measures Policy evaluation Strategic planning DOD National Security Personnel System