Letter to the editor
In Milt Zall's column "The
kiss of death?" [FCW, Sept. 30], he states that he does not understand the
"call for greater flexibility in the current system of classifying and paying
[federal] workers."
Greater flexibility is needed because, in many cases, the current classification
system does not adequately describe the work people perform. Today's environment
is less about "jobs" and more about achieving results. Today's employees
need to develop skills that are transportable across occupations and between
organizations to enhance the efficiency and impact of delivering results
to customers.
This cannot happen without more flexibility in the system. This is something
that private industry and many forward-thinking organizations (like the
federal CIO Council Workforce and Human Capital for IT Committee) have realized
for a long time.
John Tindal