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Show Hilltop Times August 11.2005 Commander answers more questions Tiie following is the second in a series of articles Q: Will NSPS be implemented before or in which Ma;. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan, OgdenAir after the appraisal cycle? Logistics Center commander, answers questions A: NSPS is event driven and until all actions submitted by those who attended his Commanders necessary for implementation are complete, we will not have exact dates. The current impleCall June 22. mentation schedule has a closeout of the current legacy appraisal cycle prior to implementation Q. Now that some of the recommendaof NSPS. To keep up on the current NSPS imtions for the Base Realignment and Cloplementation schedule, please check the NSPS sure Commission have been announced, web sites regularly at http://www.cpms.osd/ can that recommendation be changed? If mil/nsps/ or http://www.hill.af.mil/nsps/. so, do we still need to be concerned about Hill AFB? A. The recommendations can be changed, Q: Why do we still use our Social Securibut the addition of installations to the closure ty number? When we go to the new NSPS System, will that be eliminated? Can't the list can only occur by a super majority vote, with seven of the nine BRAC commissioners last four of our Social Security numbers be voting to add an installation to the closure list. used or our employee number? The BRAC recommendations aim to balance A: There are no plans to eliminate Social airpower among our active duty and Air Force Security number use under NSPS. Although Reserve components and are an integral part of originally developed for use by the Social Secuthe transformation of our Armed Forces. The rity Administration, Social Security numbers current recommendations demonstrate that are now used by most federal agencies as the Hill AFB remains a valuable installation to the common identifier to collect, record, and transAir Force and DOD. fer information within and between systems. Social Security number use will continue because of the exorbitant expense it would take Q: Is it true that supervisors will receive to change all federal systems to accept another a certain percentage more of their salary identifier and the virtual impossibility of these for being a supervisor under the National agencies communicating with each other withSecurity Personnel System? Does the perout a common identifier. Just using part of the centage increase with increasing levels of Social Security number, such as the last four supervision? digits, won't work because of the potential for A: Until the final Federal Register announceduplicates. ment is made and defining regulations are issued, we will not know how the pay schedules If you are worried about the security of your will be structured. At this time, the exact pay Social Security number, there are security bands structure is still being worked by the measures in place within the federal system to DOD NSPS office in collaboration with the protect use of it. The Privacy Act of 1973 safeOffice of Personnel Management. The variguards use of Social Security numbers, and in ous demonstration projects in DOD provide a many instances, such as on Leave and Earnview of some possible options for the pay band ings statements, all but the last four digits of structure. the number is masked for additional security. 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